Register 1: Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb with hands in prayer.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Border of dentils.
Montpellier 1988: France (Paris), 2nd half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), c. 1360-1370 (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth with longer edges chamfered.
Object Condition
Upper edge chipped in the centre. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Two holes along the left side (only visible from the back). Hole and crosshatching on the underside.
Provenance
Acquired in 1981.
Bibliography
Vingt années de dons, acquisitions et restaurations: 1968-1988, dir. by G. Romestan and R. Saint-Jean, exhibition catalogue, Montpellier, 1988, p. 33, no. 62.
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), pp. 381-392 (p. 386).
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