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

Gabled panel (possibly fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Gabled panel (possibly fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 95mm

Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; saint John the Evangelist; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet; sun and moon.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of missing hinges on the left side (?).

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.Missing: upper part of the gable.Recessed along the left side (this feature may not have been original).

Comments
This panel may have been the right wing of a diptych (?).

Provenance
Christie's, London, 22 October 1974, lot 64.

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