Gothic Ivories Project | Double-sided rounded panel, 1 register (Side 1)

Double-sided rounded panel, 1 register (Side 1)

Double-sided rounded panel, 1 register (Side 1)

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Side 2

Side 1

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Repository Institution
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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 8583

Ivory

Side 1
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Side 2
Meeting at the Golden Gate (Meeting of Joachim and Anna) combined with Tree of Jesse (?); Virgin and Child (Virgo in sole); crescent moon; portcullis; towers.

Museum's opinion 2010: Netherlands, early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Broken and repaired (vertical crack visible down the centre of the panel).
Missing: part of the lower edge and parts of the flower stem on side 2 (repaired).

Comments
Groove in the thickness of the panel, all around, suggesting this piece may have had a metal frame.

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