Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two modern hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding (halo of the Virgin on the left wing).
Reverse
Flat and smooth with museum labels.
Object Condition
Vertical crack across the whole right wing.
Provenance
From the Convent of Poor Clares, Dunkerque.
Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 121.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 212; II, no. 475.
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