Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris) or Germany (Cologne), c. 1310-1320 or 1350-1370.
Attribution
Master of the Berlin Triptych (Berlin Master)(Gaborit-Chopin)
Hinges
Two hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with '2982' and, handwritten in pencil: 'P. M. 1520'.Handwritten inscription '2676'.
Object Condition
Missing: part of Stephaton's spear.
Provenance
Junck collection, Bremen (no. 46, pl. VIII). Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 199, 213, 221; II, no. 478; III, pl. XC.
J. L. Schrader, 'Recent Acquisitions. An Ivory Plaque with the Virgin and Child in Glory', in Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Bulletin (May 1972), p. 35.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires du Moyen Age (Freiburg, 1978), p. 211 (in relation to Berlin, Inv. 628).
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