Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 5 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 5 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 5 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Private collection, London (in 2015)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Width: 66mm
Depth: 7 mm

Crucifixion; kneeling Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; Holy Women; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; soldier; onlookers; rugged cross.
Kneeling angels holding the sun and the moon in niches.
Rose. Foliated border; rosettes; pinnacles; diapered background.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Two holes for suspension at the top.

Provenance
Adams collection: The Adams Collection, Part III, Bonham's, London, 22 May 1996. Bonham's, London, 30 April 1997, lot 111; Sam Fogg, June 1997; private collection, London (in 2015).

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