Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablets, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablettes à écrire); reused as a diptych (Front)

Writing tablets, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablettes à écrire); reused as a diptych (Front)

Writing tablets, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablettes à écrire); reused as a diptych (Front)

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Tablet 1

Tablet 2

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinge)

Height: 105mm
Width: 121mm (open)

Tablet 1
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Tablet 2
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity; swaddled Christ; shepherd with a musical instrument (trumpet).
Border of dentils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Long modern hinge.

Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.

Provenance
Collection of Henry Oppenheimer: his sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1936, lot 182.

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