Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris); about 1320-1340.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two missing hinges.
Reverse
Uncarved.
Object Condition
Holes on the outer edges, probably for a clasp.
At a later date, the positions of the two leaves were swapped, it may be that the dyptich leaves were secondarily employed as the covers of a small book.
Provenance
Purchased by the Museum from John Hunt, London, in 1937. Photographs suggest it might have passed through the hands of the Paris and New York firm Demotte.
Bibliography
Victoria and Albert Museum Annual Review (1937), p. 4, pl. 3a.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 82.
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