Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Repository Institution
www.museosdeandalucia.es

Málaga, Museo de Málaga

Inv. BA/DE00005

Ivory

Height: 250 mm
Width: 60 mm

Register 1: Christ washing the feet of the apostles.
Register 2: Christ before Pilate; Pilate washing his hands.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2014: French, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (?).

Object Condition
Upper border chipped.

Provenance
[Information not yet communicated]

Bibliography
J. L. Romero Torres, La escultura en el Museo de Málaga (siglos XIII-XX) (Madrid, 1980), p. 44, fig. 7.
M.-M. Estella Marcos, La Escultura de marfil en España románica y gótica (Madrid, 1984), p. 204.

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