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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 67mm

Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels swinging censers, standing on the sides of the bench; blessing gesture.
Border of dentils.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Gay (b. 1820, d. 1887); collection of Mrs Victor Gay; sold, Paris, 23 March 1909, lot 73.


Image

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