Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures, plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures, plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures, plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 65mm

Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; standing Virgin and Child; saint Catherine of Alexandria holding a wheel and a martyr's palm; angels swinging censers.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 11 (purchased by Julien). Collection of Emile Lévy, Paris: his sale, Paris, 14 December 1928, lot 14.

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