Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Adoration of the Magi; clouds.
Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils. Roped border.

Ozenfant 1887: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: German in French style?, late 14th century-early 15th century or 19th century.
Lille 1947: France, 14th century.
Guide 1957: France, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Flanders, c. 1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. De Vicq label (no. 254). 1912 inventory label. 1950s inventory number.

Object Condition
Vertical crack in the lower part of the panel.

Comments
Label pasted on the front: '41'.

Provenance
Collection of Jules de Vicq, Lille (no. 254): given by him to the Museum in 1881.

Bibliography
A. Ozenfant, Catalogue de la Collection d'objets d'art et de curiosité composant le Musée Jules de Vicq (Lille, 1887), no. 41.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 213; II, no. 493.
Exposition d'art ancien, exhibition catalogue, Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, November-December 1947, no. 23.
Musée de Lille : Guide de la Section des Objets d'art (Paris, 1957), p. 18.

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