Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 and 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 and 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 and 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Saints.

Unknown location

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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 125mm
Width: 73mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion; 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.
Wing, right
Register 1: Resurrection; two angels standing in the tomb with hands in prayer; three soldiers asleep.
Register 2: saint Paul holding a sword; saint Peter holding a key; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm.
Incised trefoils in the spandrels. Crosshatched background.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 9 April 1998, lot 176.

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