Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly fragment of a casket or of a comb) (Front)

Panel (possibly fragment of a casket or of a comb) (Front)

Panel (possibly fragment of a casket or of a comb) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

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Bone

Height: 35mm
Width: 143mm

God the Father on a throne; sceptre ending in a fleur-de-lys; musician angels; angels blowing trumpets; angel playing the harp; angel playing a string instrument.
Crosshatched background; roped border.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Left and lower edges chipped. Numerous holes.

Provenance
Dmitri Schevitch collection, Paris: sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 4-7 April 1906, lot 161. Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 29.

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