Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (tablette à écrire; frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (tablette à écrire; frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Back)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (tablette à écrire; frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Back)

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Links

Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

NMW A 50538

Ivory

Height: 91mm
Width: 63mm
Depth: 8mm
Weight: 60.26g

Death of the Virgin (Dormition).

Museum's opinion 2009: France, 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed with a raised edge on three sides. No edge on the upper side, as if the panel were intended to slide.

Object Condition
Speckles of red paint.

Comments
This object is made of two pieces of ivory. A flat sheet of ivory with thumbnail nick forms the cover.

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