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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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 154mm
Width: 217mm (open)
Depth: 9mm

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Private collection, London (in 2010; bought from Brimo de Laroussilhe, 17 April 2007).

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