Wing, left
Register 1: kneeling angel.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter.
Centre panel
Register 1: God the Father or Christ; two kneeling figures, possibly the Virgin and saint John the Baptist (?).
Register 2: Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. Deposition; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Wing, right
Register 1: kneeling angel.
Register 2: Entombment with the Virgin.
Pointed trefoils.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French or Netherlandish, late 19th century.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Two hinges on either side.
Provenance Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1988, lot 14.
Bibliography P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 115.
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