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

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

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

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Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire

12266

Ivory

Height: 76mm
Width: 54mm
Depth: 6mm

Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers, standing on the sides of the bench.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2011: French (Ile-de-France), mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.Strips cut out from a sale catalogue: 'Leaf of a diptych. Coronation of the Virgin. 15th century'. Label with modern inscription '1'.

Object Condition
Repairs around the hinges.

Provenance
Bequest of Alice Baird, Geneva, 1926 (via Mr Baird and Mrs van Muyden-Baird, her heirs).

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