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Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

Inv. MA 2035

Ivory

Height: 56 mm
Width: 60 mm
Weight: 22.1 g

Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; scroll.

Berliner 1926 and Museum's opinion 2014: France, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back hidden by a piece of cardboard. Ink inscriptions: 'Nr. 1423', '329 i. E H' [?]. Blue and white label with inscription: '386'.

Object Condition
Recessed along the left and right edge, as if to slide the panel into a frame.
Upper edge chipped.

Provenance
Acquired before 1896 on the art market.

Bibliography
Das Mittelalter. II, Gotische Alterthümer der Baukunst und Bildnerei, by H. Graf, G. Hager and J. A. Mayer (Munich, 1896), VI, no. 1402, pl. XXVII.
R. Berliner, Die Bildwerke des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums, IV. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein, Knochen, Hirsch- und Steinbockhorn, mit einem Anhange: Elfenbeinarbeiten der Staatlichen Schlossmuseen in Bayern (Augsburg, 1926), no. 47.


Image

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. Photography: Bastian Krack.

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