Adoration of the Magi.
Border of dentils.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French (Paris), 1350-1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding on the drapery and crowns.
Reverse
Reverse divided into 5 compartments, the central one being circular. This indicates that this panel originally was part of a set of writing tablets or the lid of a weights and scale box.
Object Condition
Four holes on both left and right edges.
Comments
The back of this piece is similar to another in the collection of the British Museum, 1890,0809.5 (Dalton 358).
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 348, pl. LXXXI.
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