Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 8 arches across and 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 8 arches across and 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 8 arches across and 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges and clasp)

Height: 110 mm
Width: 150 mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi. Entry into Jerusalem.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; sheep; angel; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Register 1: Last Judgement (Christ in Glory); angels holding Instruments of the Passion (cross; crown of thorns; spear; nails); Virgin Mary and saint John the Baptist kneeling.
Register 2: Resurrection of the Dead; souls rising from their tombs; bishop; king; towers.
Angels blowing trumpets in the spandrels.
Border of dentils.

Radiocarbon dating (2010): left wing made between 1510 and 1950 (RCD-7440 and 41).

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2010, lot 19. Sotheby's, London, 7 December 2010, lot 4.

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