Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Wing, right (fragment of diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Wing, right (fragment of diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Back)

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Subject
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Zürich, Swiss National Museum

LM 887

Metal (remains of hinges);ivory

Height: 82 mm
Width: 54 mm
Depth: 5 mm

Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding navettes and swinging censers; throne; orb and cross; blessing gesture.
Pointed trefoils; border of dentils.

Museum's opinion 2013: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two broken hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Hole in the right edge and in the bottom edge.

Provenance
Acquired in 1894, in Freiburg.

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