Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (crowns; star; hair; beard of the kneeling Magus), red (crockets). Traces of red (and white?) polychromy on verso in crevices of quarter panels.

Reverse
Reverse divided into 5 compartments, the central one being circular. This indicates that this panel probably originally was part of a set of writing tablets.

Object Condition
Overall good condition. Soiling, particularly in recessed areas.
Natural darkening of the ivory on verso.

Provenance
Victor D. Spark, art dealer, New York; The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Museum Members purchase in 1966.

Bibliography
J. Folda and J. M. Schnorrenberg, A Medieval Treasury from Southeastern Collections, exhibition catalogue, Chapel Hill, William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, University of North Carolina, 4 April-21 May 1971, no. 31 (with ill.).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 77.