Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Virgin holding a book in her right hand; blessing gesture.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding on book. Polychromy: grey or green paint on book; staining around the Virgin's eyes; blue and pink pattern on chair's reverse; traces of red around edge of chair back.
Reverse
Carved in the round. The back of the chair shows a canopy design, a cross and a trefoil. Part of a nail embedded in chair. Inscriptions corresponding to the Dalton number, the British Museum number. Other faint inscription: '60'. Blank label.
Object Condition
Missing: left arm of Christ.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); bought from him by the Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 337, Pl. LXXIX.
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