Trinity (Gnadenstuhl type); sun and moon; four Symbols of the Evangelists with scrolls in the spandrels.
Beaded border.
Randall 1993: English, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2008: England, c. 1325-1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. All edges chamfered.
Comments
The right wing is now at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich (Inv. MA 2000).
Provenance
Belgian noble collection: sold through Edward R. Lubin, New York. Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1978, lot 28. Ronald L. Lauder collection, New York (in 1993). Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired 4 April 2006 from Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 63.
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