Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on right arm; Christ in long robe; crown; Christ holding a bird in his left hand; Virgin trampling a monster under her left foot; brooch.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, mid 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, circa. 1275-1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Flat and crosshatched with two drilled holes; the head and torso of Christ are carved at the back.
Object Condition
Missing: right and left hand of Christ, right hand of the Virgin (all replaced).
Provenance
William Maskell collection (b. 1814, d. 1890); donated in 1856 to the British Museum.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 333, pl. LXXVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 239; II, no. 643.
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