Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Liverpool Ivories 1954: French, late 14th century.
Gibson 1994 and Museum's opinion 2010: Northern French or Mosan, c. 1390-1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed with vertical division. Round sticker with inscription 'E.L.Paget collection 155'.
Provenance
Collection of Henry Oppenheimer (at least from 1923 when was exhibited at the Burlington Club): his sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1936, lot 172. E. L. Paget collection (no. 155): purchased by Philip Nelson at London, Sotheby's, 11 October 1949, lot 62. Purchased from the estate of Philip Nelson by Liverpool Public Museums in 1953.
Bibliography
Liverpool Ivories: Special Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, London, British Museum, 1954, no. 55.
M. Gibson, The Liverpool Ivories: late antique and medieval ivory and bone carving in Liverpool Museum and the Walker Art Gallery (London, 1994), no. 38.
P. Rushton, 'A Liverpool Collector, Dr Philip Nelson (1872-1953)', in Apollo (January 2001), pp. 41-48.
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