Adoration of the Magi or Nativity (?); seated Virgin and Christ; naked Christ; Christ walking in the Virgin's lap; magus (?); cushion; ox and ass; belt.
Museum's opinion 2012: Flanders, 2nd half of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part, lower part and sides of the panel.
Comments
The slot in the back of this piece indicates that it once had a handle on the reverse and was used as a pax. the contours and background of this piece have been cut out to leave only three figures, the ox and the ass. The standing figure to the right is likely to be one of the Magi.
Bibliography
L. Deguara, 'Les ivoires de l'Antiquité à la fin du Moyen Âge', in Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Montpellier, XXI: Hommage à Robert-Saint-Jean, Art et Histoire dans le Midi languedocien et rhodanien (Xe-XIXe s.), dir. by G. Romestan (Montpellier, 1993), p. 387.
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