Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers, kneeling on corbels; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Westwood 1876: Germany,late 15th century.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: French, 14th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Smooth and flat.
Object Condition
Ivory inserts in hinge cavities. Hole drilled in top.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 501 (`73.190).
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 293, pl. LXVIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 176; II, no. 312.
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