Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork panels (2)(plaques ajourées; colonnettes); possibly used as part of a binding (Front)

Panel 1
Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies (fleur-de-lys).
Register 2: ox and ass (part of a Nativity scene).
Foliated border. Tiled roof.
Panel 2
Kneeling angel holding a book; pelican piercing her chest to feed her young with her own blood; sun and moon; foliated decoration; trees.

Museum's opinion 2012: 19th century (following the unpublished opinion of Elisabeth Antoine, curator at the Louvre).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.Labels with inscriptions on the back of the green velvet mounts: '264' (back of the Annunciation mount); '265' (back of the pelican mount).

Object Condition
Numerous holes for attachment to a background.
Missing Panel 1: Nativity scene. Panel 2: scene contained in the quatrefoil (probably the Crucifixion, judging from the presence of the sun and moon) and three out of the four corner scenes; part of the right hand side border.

Comments
These two panels seem to have been carved by the same hand as two other openwork panels in the same collection (MJAP-OA-902). Judging from the labels on the reverse, they also probably share the same provenance, prior to entering the Jacquemart-André collection.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

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