Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled panel (fragment of a polyptych; centre panel), 2 registers, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled panel (fragment of a polyptych; centre panel), 2 registers, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)

Gabled panel (fragment of a polyptych; centre panel), 2 registers, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 165mm

Register 1: Christ in Glory; Christ displaying his wounds; angels holding Instruments of the Passion (nails; cross).
Register 2: Seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Christ standing on the Virgin's lap; Christ making a blessing gesture with his right hand; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; two standing angels.

Koechlin Number: 0175

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side (?).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Upper part of the piece sloping to form the back of the roof.

Object Condition
Worn. Numerous broken parts.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Gillot (inv. no. 66 after his death on 11 April 1903). Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 201.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 132; II, no. 175.

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