Register 1: Annunciation; Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Entry into Jerusalem. Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast. Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter. Flagellation.
Register 3: Christ before Pilate; Pilate washing his hands. Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Entombment with Holy Women. Resurrection with three soldiers asleep.
Foliated decoration. Pointed trefoils.
Zastrow 1978: 15th century. The Annunciation and Adoration scenes are later.
Museum's opinion 2009: North Italian or French (?), 15th or 16th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: North Italian (Venice), c. 1360-1370.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Wood covered in brocaded fabric.
Provenance
Collection of Malachia de Cristoforis, Milan; acquired by the Museum in 1876.
Bibliography
O. Zastrow, 'Avori', in Capolavori di arte decorativa nel Castello Sforzesco (Milan, 1975), p. 159.
O. Zastrow, Museo d'arti applicate: gli avori (Milan, 1978), no. 46, pl. 138-149.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 106.
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