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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum

72.100.2

Ivory

Height: 140mm
Width: 69mm
Depth: 8mm

Register 1: Raising of Lazarus.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Beaded border.

Museum's opinion 2011: German?, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.
Printed label: '216'. White label decorated with a border of holly and with the handwritten inscription: '14'.

Object Condition
A few cracks in the upper and lower borders.

Provenance
Purchased from the Blumka Gallery, New York in 1971-1972.

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