Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 127mm
Width: 181mm (open)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; two angels holding candlesticks; crown.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Vertical cracks. Missing: part of the lower border of the right wing.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 14 November 2002, lot 61.

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