Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.mas.be

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Antwerp, MAS|Collection Vleeshuis

AV.1952.008.018

Ivory

Height: 87mm
Width: 49mm
Depth: 5mm

Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Provenance
Collection of Prosper Michaux: his bequest in 1952.

Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2009].

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