Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych) (Front)

Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych) (Front)

Gabled panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 162mm

Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Pointed trefoil in the gable.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: architectural details, lining of the Virgin's cloak, painted wings of the angel.

Comments
This piece probably was the outer left wing, as no hinges feature on its left edge.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 6 July 1993, lot 12. Brimo de Laroussilhe, art dealer, Paris (in 1994).

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