Folding Shrine with the Virgin and Child

Unknown artist

Date: 14th century

Medium: Elephant ivory with metal mounts

Dimensions: Overall: 9 9/16 x 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (24.3 x 21.6 x 4.4 cm)

Classification: Ivories-Elephant

Culture: French

Themes: Adoration of the Magi, Annunciation, Madonna and Child, Nativity, Virgin Mary

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Date range

1300 – 1399

Largest dimension

4.4 cm

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