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panel
Object Type
panel
Museum number
1856,0623.45
Description
Panel; ivory; carved; openwork; twelve compartments with canopies depicting scenes from Passion: Entry into Jerusalem, Last Supper, Agony in Garden, Betrayal, Christ before Pilate, Flagellation, Christ bearing Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from Cross, Entombment, Resurrection and Harrowing of Hell; two figures restored; modern frame.
Production date
14thC-15thC
Production place
Made in:
Belgium
(?)
Made in:
France
(North?)
Materials
ivory
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
180 millimetres
((without frame))
Weight:
266.30 grammes
((inc metal frame))
Width:
97 millimetres
((without frame))
Depth:
8 millimetres
((with frame))
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(315)
Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français
(873)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Restored; top left re-affixed; central figures loose in the Flagellation and Entry into Jerusalem.
Subjects
soldier
entry into jerusalem
last supper
agony in garden
arrest in garden
judgement of christ
flagellation
road to calvary
crucifixion
deposition
entombment
resurrection
christ in hell
Associated names
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
Pontius Pilate
Representation of:
Judas Iscariot
Associated places
Associated with:
Hell/Hades
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev William Maskell
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1856,0623.45