Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Panel, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Private collection, London (in 2015)

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Ivory

Height: 170mm
Width: 90mm

Register 1: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).
Register 2: saint Bartholomew with a flaying knife; saint Andrew with a saltire cross; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); saint Peter holding a key and a book; saint James the Greater with pilgrim's staff and satchel.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Slightly curved. Back covered with faded black velvet whose bottom edge is frayed. Oval blue and white label with inscription: '90d'.

Provenance
Collection of Consul Carl Becker, Frankfurt: sold, Cologne, 23 May 1898, lot 65. De Deyn collection: sale, Brussels, 6 November 1912, lot 61. Christie's, London, 1 April 2012, lot 49; private collection, London (at least 2012-2015).

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