Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Washington, D.C., Smithsonian American Art Museum

1929.8.240.19

Ivory;silver (remains of hinges)

Height: 103mm
Width: 67mm

Ascension; Virgin and apostles including saint John the Evangelist with a martyr's palm.

Randall 1993: French (Paris), last third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Chipped border. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Gift of John Gellatly in 1929.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 148.

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