Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit issuing from the mouth of God the Father; Virgin kneeling in prayer at a prie-Dieu; open book.
Crosshatched background. Inscription: 'Laus deo'.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Sale catalogue entry from the Henry Harris sale pasted onto the reverse.Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.
Object Condition
Hole in the lower edge. Central hole at the top.
Provenance
Henry Harris collection. Sir Francis Cook collection: sold, July 1935, lot 178. Philips, London, 3 July 2000. Private collection, London: bought, A&E Foster, 9 December 2002.
Bibliography
A. B. Skinner, Catalogue of the W. F. Cook Collection (London, 1904), I: Carving in Ivory and Bone, no. 514.
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