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Object Type
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
Technique
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
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1856,0623.45

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