Seated Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a stem of flowers in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe; blessing gesture; crown; belt.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Eastern French or Upper Rhenish, c. 1320.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (inside the Virgin's cloak and on her belt).
Reverse
Curved and smooth. Crosshatching at the back of the throne.
Object Condition
Worn.
Comments
Some crosshatching and two small holes on the underside.
Provenance
Collection of Canon Lewis Gilbertson, Rector of St Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill, London, by 1923; bequeathed to the museum by Mrs Gilbertson (d. 1940) in memory of her husband, in 1940.
Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 9.
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