Inv. AN2008.26
Warren 2014: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Two modern hinges.
Polychromy - Gilding
Faint traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Handwritten ink inscription on the inner edge of the right panel: ‘M.201.’.
Object Condition
Both wings pierced at the top by one hole.
Provenance
Collection of Thomas Henry Noall, a 'master mariner'; inherited by his niece, Miss Sarah Harris, Britannia House, Marazion, Cornwall (at least until 1944); collection of John Francis Mallett; his bequest to the Museum in 1947; Department of Western Art (WA1947.191.201); transferred to the Department of Antiquities in May 2008.
Bibliography
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, no. 175.
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