Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Inv. 1922.17

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 61mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Angels swinging censers in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side (broken around the lower hinge).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Very worn.
Missing: upper right and the lower left corners.
Pierced with one hole right below the arch. Nose of one of the Magi chipped.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum in 1922. [Provenance information not yet communicated]

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