Visitation (?); blessing hand of God.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Remains of glued brown fabric and white fibres.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Provenance
Collection of William Burges (b. 1827, d. 1881): his bequest to the British Museum in 1881.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 349.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 209; II, no. 445.
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