ATTRIBUTED TO THE AGRAFE MASTER, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A RECTANGULAR PARCEL-GILT, PIERCED IVORY RELIEF OF THE ANNUNCIATION
ATTRIBUTED TO THE AGRAFE MASTER, PROBABLY EARLY 19TH CENTURY
In a later parcel-gilt wood frame inscribed at the bottom 'LA Annonciation', the reverse inscribed 'Collection Gillot. XIVme Siecle' and with paper label inscribed in brown ink 'MA 425'
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Charles Gillot (1853-1903) and by descent until sold Christie's, Paris, Ancienne Collection Charles Gillot, 4 & 5 March, 2008, lot 213.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

The present relief was attributed by Jaap Leeuwenberg to an anonymous sculptor whom he dubbed the Master of the Agrafe Forgeries (J. Leeuwenberg, 'Early Nineteenth-Century Gothic Ivories' in Aachener Kunstblatter, 39/1969, Dusseldorf, pp. 111-148). Although he argues for a dating to the late 18th or very early 19th century for the group, some scholars still contend that the ivories are genuine products of the gothic era.

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