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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 105mm
Width: 65mm

Annunciation; vase of lilies.
Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon.
Pinnacles. Brickwork or tiled roof.


Koechlin Number: 0438

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Doistau collection: sale, Paris, November 1909, lot 129. Simon Goldschmidt collection: sale, Drouot, Paris, 15 December 1952, lot 106, pl. VI. Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1978, lot 92. Blumka Gallery-Julius Böhler-Brimo de Laroussilhe, Collecting Treasures of the Past, New York, Blumka Gallery, January-February 2002, no. 43.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 207; II, no. 438.


Image

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