Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Stephaton and Longinus standing on columns; Adam rising from a tomb and collecting Christ's blood in a chalice at the foot of the cross; titulus; sun and moon.
Border of dentils.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two ring hinges on either side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: decorative pattern on the background, haloes, painted trefoils in the gables.
Object Condition
Missing: pinnacles on either side of the central gable.Central hole in the lower part of the centre panel.
Provenance
Heugel collection, Paris (in 1924). Drouot, Paris, 3 March 1971, lot 21.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 136-137; II, no. 199.
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