Adoration of the Magi.
Williamson and Davies 2014: probably English, c. 1873-1883.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Remains of a label.
Object Condition
Broken in half down the middle and repaired. Surface worn.
Comments
This is a partial copy of a plaster cast of a diptych also at the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. 233-1867), itself a copy of a Louvre diptych (see Williamson and Davies 2014).
Provenance
Purchased by the museum from Mr Scott, Peckham Grove, London, in 1884.
Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 114.
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