Inv. WA2013.1.2
Adoration of the Magi.
Pinnacles; pointed trefoils; border of dentils.
Koechlin 1924: France (?), late 14th or early 15th century.
Wellby 2009: France, c. 1350-1360.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Object Condition
Two later holes in the upper part of the panel.
Pierced at the top with two holes for suspension.
Comments
A cast was made of this piece in the 19th century and one of the photograph on this page is a photograph of this cast (Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt and Conway Library, no. 242).
Provenance
Collection of Sir Andrew Fountaine (b. 1676, d. 1753), Norfolk, England: Fountaine sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 1884, lot 521. Collection of Michael Sinclair Wellby (b. 1928, d. 2012): his bequest to the Museum in 2013.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 213; II, no. 492.
M. Wellby, The Wellby Collection (unpublished, 2009), no. 2a.
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