Flagellation.
Crosshatched background; brickwork or tiled roof.
Longhurst 1929: France, late 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Northern French, Netherlandish or English (?), late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Smooth with longer edges chamfered.
Small label with inscription: 'I.71'.
Object Condition
Missing: portions of the upper and lower borders.
Stained brown.Long vertical crack.
Comments
The relief was probably originally in a metal frame with handle.
Provenance
Collection of James Gurney: Gurney sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 9 March 1898, lot 161; collection of John McAndrew, Holly Hill, Coleman's Hatch, Sussex:McAndrew sale, Christie's, London, 2 December, lot 147; purchased by the museum in 1925 from G. R. Harding through Dr W. L. Hidlburgh.
Bibliography
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 39.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 139.
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