Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Paris, c. 1325-1375.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two metal hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Modern ink inscription, 'W. M' (for William Maskell) and '113'. Longer edges chamfered.
Object Condition
Two holes at the top of each panel. Flower held by the Virgin partly broken.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890) (no. 113); bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
British Museum, Guide to the Medieval Room (London, 1907), p. 160, fig. 117.
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London 1909), no. 277, pl. LX.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 201, 217, 224; II, no. 542; III, pl. XCVI.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 580-2, in relation to no. 171.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 99.
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