Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; angel holding the sun or the moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side. The trace of the other hinge is lost because of the fragmentary nature of this piece.

Object Condition
Fragmentary.
Missing: part of the left lower side and of the right one are missing.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 9 December 1980, lot 25.

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