Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Adam rising from a tomb and collecting Christ's blood in a chalice at the foot of the cross; Sun and Moon.
Trefoils in the spandrels.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st quarter of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France, mid-14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges (?) on the left side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (halo of saint John).
Reverse
Smooth and flat. Chamfered outer edges. A few scratches. Incised circle around a hole in the upper part of the panel.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Missing: left hand of the Virgin, chalice partly broken.
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. 274, PL. LVII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 181, 201, 204, 205; II, no. 416.
All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.
