Gothic Ivories Project | Fragment of a comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

Fragment of a comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

Fragment of a comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

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Side 2

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
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Chambéry, Musées de Chambéry

Inv. D 8562-262

Ivory

Height: 95mm
Width: 45mm

Side 1: saint Judas with a spear; saint James the Lesser with a fuller's club; apostle with an axe (saint Jude (Thaddeus), or Matthias?); books.
Side 2: saint Bartholomew with a flaying knife; saint Peter holding a key; seated Virgin and Child; throne; saint Paul holding a sword.
Crosshatched background; roped border.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Missing: ends and both rows of teeth.

Provenance
Acquired before 1900.

Bibliography
J. Carotti, Musée de Chambéry. Catalogue raisonné (Chambéry, 1911), no. 8562.

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