Inv. 1167.1
Adoration of the Magi (with Virgin and Child to the left); Joseph opening a casket.
Randall 1993: German (Middle Rhenish), 3rd quarter of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Incised with a symbol, which is possibly the mark of an ivory atelier (Randall 1993).
Object Condition
Lower part broken and glued back into place. Pierced with a hole for suspension.
Comments
Four pinholes in the border indicate that this piece was originally inset into an object, seven cuts in the outer edge are for a subsequent mounting (Randall 1993). Still according to Randall, the composition is based on a lost print by the Master E. S. (d. 1467) (see H. Huth, 'Ein verlorener Stich des Meisters E. S.', in Festchrift Adolph Goldschmidt, zu seinen Siebzigsten Geburtstag [Berlin, 1935], pp. 74-79).
Provenance
Bought from Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles, in 1951.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 171.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 161.
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