Gothic Ivories Project | Panel or pax (?), 1 register, 3 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel or pax (?), 1 register, 3 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel or pax (?), 1 register, 3 paired arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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London, The British Museum

1919,0710.4

Ivory, metal (frame)

Height: 193mm
Width: 100mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; two angels swinging censers and holding navettes.

Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century. Frame, 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Unable to view due to mounting in frame, but appears to be flat and crosshatched.

Object Condition
Extensively cracked through centre. Modern frame.

Provenance
Purchased from Reverend E. C. Dewick, 1919.

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