Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Fron)

Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Fron)

Panel, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Fron)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

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Ivory;metal (ring)

Height: 176 mm
Width: 86 mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist and one of the Holy Women; onlookers; sword piercing the Virgin's chest (?); sun and moon.
Medallions containing quatrefoils enclosing protruding cones in the spandrels. Band with foliated decoration and medallion.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Joigny, 18 June 1988. Sotheby's, London, 5 November 2002, lot 34.

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