Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 80 mm
Width: 55 mm (each)

Wing, left
Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; angel swinging a censer. Visitation.
Wing, right
Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; musician shepherd holding a shawm; midwife bathing Christ; sheep.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges (one broken).

Object Condition
Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 37.

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