Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled centre panel (fragment of a polyptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes; tabernacle) (Front)

Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his right hand; Christ in a long robe; crown.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (painted haloes); blue (Virgin's cloak); red (architectural framework).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some scratches.

Comments
This originally would have had two wings closing onto the centre panel.

Provenance
Collection of M. A. Tollin: his sale, Paris, 21 May 1897, lot 125; collection of Charles Gillot (registered in his accounts on 22 May 1897), listed in the inventory made after his death, 11 April 1903. Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 233.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 126; II, no. 151.

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