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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 108 mm
Width: 72 mm

Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; blessing gesture; apostles; clouds.
Border of dentils; twisted colums; pointed trefoils; rosettes.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Holes in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Julius Böhler, Munich, date (?), lot 16.


Image

© Neil Stratford British Museum Archive.

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