Gothic Ivories Project | Liturgical comb, with medallions (peigne double) (Side 1)

Liturgical comb, with medallions (peigne double) (Side 1)

Liturgical comb, with medallions (peigne double) (Side 1)

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Side 2

Side 1

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Repository Institution
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London, The Wernher Collection, Ranger's House (English Heritage)

88259344 (EE227)

Ivory

Height: 108mm
Width: 152mm
Depth: 15mm

Side 1: Entry into Jerusalem. Christ washing the feet of the apostles. Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter.
Side 2: Flagellation. Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Pointed trefoils; tracery.

Museum's opinion 2009: French (?), possibly 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Comments
Teeth are the same size on both sides which would be extremely unusual for a medieval comb.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.

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