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Diptych, 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Passion. Life of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Metal (hinges);ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 44 mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).
Wing, right
Register 1: Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; saint John the Evangelist; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet.
Register 2: Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree; cross.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, c. 1330.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Altounian-Lorbet collection, Mâcon. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.97, p. 29.


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