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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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

12262

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 47mm
Width: 34mm
Depth: 6mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Border of dentils.

Museum's opinion 2011: French (Ile-de-France), c. 1380.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Hole in the upper and lower left corners. Numerous cracks.

Provenance
Bequest of Alice Baird, Geneva, 1926 (via Mr Baird and Mrs van Muyden-Baird, her heirs).

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