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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 110mm
Width: 65mm

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; angels swinging censers.
Register 2: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm.
Pointed trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 8 December 1981, lot 23.

Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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