Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; Virgin holding Christ's arm; angels holding scrolls; musician shepherd playing the bagpipes.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid-14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Engraved: '655'. Labelled: 'cat. 5868', 'no. 49' (crossed through), 'Mol. 74'.
Object Condition
Ivory cracked. Wrenching around the hinges.
Modern hole, in upper border.
Provenance
Collection of Baron Jean-Charles Davillier, Paris (no. 45); bequest of J.-C. Davillier to the Museum in 1883.
Bibliography
Exposition universelle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1867, no. 1768.
L. Courajod and E. Molinier, Donation du baron Charles Davillier. Catalogue des objets exposés au musée du Louvre (Paris, 1885), no. 45.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 74.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 211, 212; II, no. 457.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 156.
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