Inv. 1530 (inv. Soprintendenza 260)
Naples 1981: France (?) (Paris?), 3rd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two modern hinges.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Blue and white label on the back of the left wing with inscription: '2152'. Edges of the right wing slightly rounded.
Object Condition
Rust stains around the hinges.
Provenance
Collection of Placido de Sangro, Duke of Martina (b. 1829, d. 1891) (collection assembled in the 2nd half of the 19th century): given by his heirs to the city of Naples in 1911; housed at the Villa Floridiana since 1931.
Bibliography
A. O. Quintavalle, 'Medioevo ignorato. Avori gotici nelle pubbliche collezioni napoletane', in Crisopoli (1934), p. 290, fig. 11.
Medioevo e produzione artistica di serie. Smalti di Limoges e avori gotici in Campania, ed. by P. Giusti, P. Leone de Castris, exhibition catalogue, Naples, Museo Duca di Martina, 1981, no. II.8.
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