Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

Front

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 110mm
Width: 167 mm (open)

Wing, left
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; angel holding a navette and swinging a censer. Visitation.
Wing, right
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds. Presentation in the Temple; angels.
Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils.

Koechlin Number: 0437

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Collection of Michel Boy, Paris: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 13-14 May 1905, lot 278. Collection of Édouard Chappey: his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 5-7 June 1907, lot 1684 [bought by Ratzersdorfer?].

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 200, 207, 209; II, no. 437.

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