Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (fragment of a box or tabernacle), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; boite) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a box or tabernacle), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; boite) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a box or tabernacle), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; boite) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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London, The Cuming Museum

Inv. TN01214

Ivory

Height: 65 cm
Width: 47 mm
Depth: 3 cm

Birth of the Virgin; midwife bathing the Virgin; bed.
Crosshatched background; foliated decoration in the spandrels.

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

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat, with some scoring.
Label with printed and handwritten inscriptions: 'Carved Panel from an Ivory Triptych', 'Temp. Edward III'.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Acquired c. 1840-1850 by Henry Cuming (d. 1904); his bequest to the parish in 1904 (the museum opens to the public in 1906).

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