Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Auxerre, Treasury of Saint-Etienne cathedral

Inv. 49

Ivory

Height: 75mm
Width: 41mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; crown.
Rosettes in spandrels.

Inventaire 1892: 19th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 1992 (unpublished): 2nd quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Mostly illegible Inscription on the reverse: 'Ces [...] Ponts [...] de [...]reux

Object Condition
Hole in each corner.

Comments
This panel seems to be part of the same set as Inv. 51.

Provenance
In the Treasury of the Cathedral by 1892.

Bibliography
M. Bonneau, M. Monceaux, M. F. Molard, Inventaire du trésor de la cathédrale d'Auxerre (Auxerre, 1892), no. 49.

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