Inv. 438
Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils; incised trefoils.
Gruyer 1902 and Paris 1930: France, end of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Layer of red wax.
Labels with inscriptions: 'B 438', '32'.
Object Condition
Worn.
Comments
This panel was probably one of the outer covers of a set of writing tablets; the other outer cover of this same set was probably Inv. 438bis, also in Bayonne (see related objects).
Provenance
Collection of Léon Bonnat (b. 1833, d. 1922): his bequest in 1922.
Bibliography
G. Gruyer, Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire, Musée de Bayonne (Bayonne, 1902 and subsequent editions), no. 438.
Collection Bonnat, catalogue sommaire (Paris, 1930 and subsequent editions), no. 1021.
J.-G. Lemoine, 'Les 'Tables à pourtraire' du XIVe siècle au Musée Bonnat de Bayonne', in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français (année 1963), pp. 7-16 (general considerations).
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