Saint Bartholomew holding a flaying knife; seated Virgin and Child; unidentified saint holding a basket.
Tracery. Band of rosettes. Crosshatched background.
Carved inscription: 'jhesus maria'. Unidentified coat of arms: or, three chevrons sable.
Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th century or early 16th century.
Palissy (2010): 4th quarter of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved.
Object Condition
Nail in the gable.
Comments
Koechlin suggested this scene could be the Circumcision.
Provenance
Unidentified coat of arms: or, three chevrons sable.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 334, 336; II, no. 934.
Palissy database: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/dapapal_fr [accessed September 2009].
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