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

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 56mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green (architecture).

Reverse
Inscription mostly erased, possibly 'Marina de Laube'.

Comments
Chamfered edges, which would have made the closing of the diptych difficult.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 20 April 1989, lot 10.

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