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Panel (probably fragment of a polyptych or casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; coffret; tabernacle) (Front)

Panel (probably fragment of a polyptych or casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; coffret; tabernacle) (Front)
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Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts

Inv. 4654

Ivory

Height: 75mm
Width: 45mm
Weight: 14.4g

Adoration of the Magi with Joseph.
Crosshatched background; foliated spandrels.

Uresová 1986: Western Germany, 14th century.
Stehlíková 2006: North-Eastern France, 1420-1450.
Museum's opinion 2013: 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding: gold on figures and architecture, green at the bottom section of the frame.

Reverse
Flat with crosshatching. Traces of glue or wax; illegible inscription including numbers.

Object Condition
Four holes along the left edge, one hole in the middle on the right edge.

Provenance
Collection of Jan of Neuberg: his bequest to the museum in 1892.

Bibliography
L. Uresová,'Řezba v kosti a perleti', in Středověké umělecké řemeslo ze sbírek Uměleckoprůmyslového muzea v Praze (Prague, 1986) no. 113, p. 17.
P. Černý, Du bon du coeur, Poklady francouzského středovĕkého umĕni v českých a moravských sbírkách, exhibition catalogue, Olomouc, Muzeum umĕni in Olomouc, Galerie, 1 June-30 July 2006, pp. 175, no. 50 (D. Stehlíková).


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