Inv. Pl.O. 389
Nativity and Annunciation to the shepherds.
Pointed trefoils.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Martini and Rizzardi 1990: Western Germany (?), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Polychromy - Gilding
Gilding (frame).
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Parallel scratches.
Object Condition
Two holes in the left wing.
Brown discoloration.
Provenance
Said to have come from the Plankstetten monastery, Beilngries (Upper Palatinate). Private collection in Neumarkt (Upper Palatinate); acquired in 1900 by the Museum.
Bibliography
W. Josephi, Kataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums Nürnberg. Die Werke plastischer Kunst (Nuremberg, 1910), no. 627, pl. LXIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 225, II, no. 465; III, pl. LXXXVIII.
Avori bizantini e medievali nel museo nazionale di Ravenna, ed. by L. Martini and C. Rizzardi (Ravenna, 1990), p. 121, fig. 49.
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