Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo lactans); angel crowning the Virgin; four musician angels (viol, psaltery, lute, portable organ); throne.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Border of dentils.

Bertaux 1912: France, second half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: England or France, middle or 3rd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side, with major wrenching around the lower one.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (minute: gold, blue. See report by Cascio and Levy, 2002).

Reverse
Inscription in ink: '55'. Monogram and label: 'Exhibition of Art Treasures / 1857 / Gooderich Court'.

Object Condition
Ivory browned. Rust stains. Large chip at top-left at the back
Traces of a clasp on the left side.
Modern hole in each upper corner.

Provenance
Collection of Reverend Ethelbert Horne; collection of Claudius Côte, Lyon; bequest of Mrs. C. Côte to the Museum in 1962.

Bibliography
W. Maskell, Ivories (London, 1905), pl. XXXIV.
E. Bertaux, Quelques pièces de la collection Claudius Côte (Lyon, 1912), plate XVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 208, 209; II, no. 621, III, pl. CIII.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 193.
Moyen Âge: entre ordre et désordre, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de la Musique, March-June 2004, no. 24.

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