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

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

Wing, left

Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Wing, left
Seated Virgin and Child with female figure kneeling in donor position; two angels crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with martyr's palm and wheel; saint Margaret emerging from the dragon.
Foliated border. Pointed trefoils in the spandrels and gables. Diapered background.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Major Astor collection, at Hever Castle (Kent): sold, Sotheby's, London, Hever Castle sale, 6 May 1983, lot 248.


Image

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