Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Virgin crying; skull of Adam at the foot of the cross.
Twisted columns; crosshatched background.
Gatty 1883: German, 16th-17th century.
Liverpool Ivories 1954: German, 16th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: German or Mosan, 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Provenance
Joseph Mayer collection: given by Joseph Mayer to the town of Liverpool in 1867.
Bibliography
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 175.
C. T. Gatty, Catalogue of Mediaeval and Later Antiquities contained in the Mayer Museum (Liverpool, 1883), no. 75.
Liverpool Ivories: Special Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London, British Museum, 1954, no. 49.
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