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Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette à écrire) (Front)
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Front

Front

Subject
Religious.

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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 641

Ivory

Height: 101mm
Width: 57mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Rosettes in the spandrels.


Koechlin Number: 0418

Westwood 1876 and Vöge 1900: France, 14th century.
Volbach 1923: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Dark residue. Cancelled red ink inscription: 504. Traces of glued labels.

Object Condition
Two holes in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Radowitz collection; acquired in 1856 by the Kunstkammer.

Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 438 (`73.164), Appendix, p.439.
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 105, pl. XXX.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 46, pl. 47.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 205; II, no. 418.


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