Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; blessing gesture (broken); Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; brooch.
Williamson 2005: French, c. 1330-1350.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Champagne or Burgundy), c. 1300-1320.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: metal crown (three holes for attachment of the crown); blessing fingers of Christ.
Provenance
Private collection, London (in 2010)(bought, Sotheby's, London, 12 December 2003, lot 121).
Bibliography
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 29.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 7.
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