Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (Front)

Gabled triptych, 2 and 3 registers (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Wood;bone

Height: 555 mm

Wing, left
Register 1: medallion enclosing a head.
Register 2: Journey of the Three Magi; Magi on horseback.
Register 3: Adoration of the Magi with Joseph.
Centre panel
Register 1: angels holding a coat of arms. Medallions enclosing heads.
Register 2: Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body); man holding the crown of thorns (?).
Wing, right
Register 1: medallion enclosing a head.
Register 2: Nativity.
Register 3: Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Base
Busts of saints (?).
Flamboyant tracery; brickwork or tiled roof; foliated inhabited scrolls (vine; ivy, etc.); hybrids; dragons; eagles; animals.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two sets of two hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, 20 April 1994, lot 23.

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