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Panels, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Panels, 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion. Life of Christ.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 125mm
Width: 100mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body). Resurrection; two angels kneeling on the tomb; tomb decorated with diamond patterns.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. 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.
Wing, right
Register 1: Flagellation; whips. Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. 
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ; musician shepherd playing the bagpipes.
Border of dentils.

Unpublished.


Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Christie's, London, 29 April 1980, lot 162. Christie's, London, 9 December 1980, lot 22.


Image

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