Lady holding a box (Pandora?) or a book.
KIK/IRPA database (accessed in 2012): 14th or 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Collection of Joseph Brassine, Liège: bought from his heirs in 1955 by the Musée d'Archéologie et d'Arts Décoratifs, which became the Département d'Arts Décoratifs of the Grand Curtius in 2009.
Bibliography
S. Vandenberghe, Ivory in Bruges: Treasures from museums, churches and monasteries, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 2010, pp. 14-15 (with ill.).
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