Side 1: Head of veiled woman.
Inscription on the base: 'ESPOIR EN DIEU'.
Side 2: Skull (Death); worms; vermin.
Inscription on the forehead: 'I.H.S' and on the base: 'MEMENTO'.
Koechlin 1924: Northern France or Flanders, early 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Collection of Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (in 1924).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 449; II, no. 1237.
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