Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled panel (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Crucifixion; Longinus with spear in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket; sun and moon.

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (several layers) and gilding (some original). See unpublished report by A. Cascio and J. Levy, 1987.

Reverse
The border is bevelled on the back.
Partly hidden label: '8913 / roun/donn [?]'

Object Condition
Chip on the border, behind Longinus. Major crack on the back, at the top.
Hole at the top of the cross.Evidence of wrenching from the hinges (one of which silver, and still in place).
Modern holes made through the full thickness of the object (to allow it to be held in a frame?).

Provenance
Claudius Côte collection, Lyon; bequest of Mrs. C. Côte to the Museum in 1962.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 137; II, no. 199bis; III, pl. XLVII.
H. Landais, 'La collection Claudius Côte. Département des Objets d'art', in Revue du Louvre, 1961, p. 130.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 150.

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