Inv. 428
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by two Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Beaded border.
Gruyer 1902: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 14th century.
Paris 1930: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with inscriptions: '428', '1011','21'.
Deep scoring in one area.
Object Condition
Missing: part of the upper right corner; Christ's right hand. Two bore holes for hinges on left side.
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 428.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 176; II, no. 314.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1011.
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