Crucifixion between the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, end of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: French, c. 1350-1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (hair, ground).
Reverse
Carved in the round (lower relief on the back).
Object Condition
This piece may originally have been covered in foliated decoration (one leaf remaining) which was shaved off to place it into a metal mount, now missing (Dalton 1909). Koechlin 1924 does not agree, as there are no holes or traces of fittings.
Provenance
Collection of Edward Acton (active 19th century). Collection of Henry Durlacher (founder of art dealership Durlacher Bros in 1843); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 346, pl. LXXX.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 269, 272; II, no. 750.
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