Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Wing, right)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Wing, right)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Wing, right)

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Front

Wing, left

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 133mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene). Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation.
Wing, right
Register 1: Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon; hanging lamp. Coronation of the Virgin.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; shepherd holding a musical instrument. Adoration of the Magi.
Beaded border.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Collection of Paul R. G. Horst, an English collector in Paris: Christie's, London, 28 November 1961, lot 82, pl. XXIII.

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