Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; hooded male kneeling figure in donor position; male kneeling figure in donor position; sun and moon.
Register 2: Flagellation.
Williamson 2002: France, c. 1330.
Museum's opinion 2009: French, c. 1320-1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two missing ring hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Carved on the back: recessed with a trefoil arch. Raised border. Blue and white label with inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 264'. Small label with inscription: '341'.
Object Condition
Flagellation column partly broken.
Comments
'the plaque almost certainly formed part of a polyptych of the Passion of Christ' (Williamson 2002). The position of the hinges implies that this piece must have been the final leaf on the right.
Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, no.
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo (May 2002), pp. 17-22 (p. 19, fig. 4).
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, p. 558, in relation to no. 160.
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