Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 196mm
Width: 115 mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin.
Medallions containing quatrefoils enclosing protruding cones in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Collection of Reverend J. T. Carré. Sotheby's, 4 December 1956, lot 57. Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 1979, lot 286. Sotheby's, London, 3 December 1982, lot 69.

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