Gothic Ivories Project | Comb (peigne double; colonnettes) (Side 1)

Comb (peigne double; colonnettes) (Side 1)

Comb (peigne double; colonnettes) (Side 1)

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Side 1

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of the Virgin.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

30.95.205

Ivory

Height: 112mm
Width: 146mm
Depth: 7mm

Side 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two seated angels holding candlesticks; Annunciation; vase of lilies; Visitation; Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds (Virgo lactans). Under trefoil arches.
Side 2: Flight into Egypt. Adoration of the Magi. Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, late 19th- early 20th century (14th century style)

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides

Comments
Both sides of the comb have thick teeth, which does not agree with medieval practice.

Provenance
Magniac collection. Jacob collection: his sale, 10-12 March 1862, lot 63. Collection of Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (b. 1859, d. 1926), London: sale, Christie's, London, 12-13 May 1902, lot 8. Collection of Theodore M. Davis, New York: bequest of Theodore M. Davis in 1915.

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