Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 4 arches across (coffret) (Lid)

Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 4 arches across (coffret) (Lid)

Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 4 arches across (coffret) (Lid)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

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Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 125mm

Saint James the Greater with a staff and satchel decorated with a scallop shell; saint Peter holding a key; saint Paul holding a sword; saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Williamson and Davies 2014: c. 1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Holes for lost metal fittings. Cracked.Missing: part of the background (behind saint Peter).

Provenance
Private collection, London (no. 252; bought from Polak Works of Art, Amsterdam, 14 March 2003); sold, Sotheby's, London, 2 December 2008, lot 16.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 132.

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