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Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Wing, left)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Wing, left)
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Subject
Religious. Saints.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;silver (hinges)

Height: 115 mm
Width: 145 mm (open)

Wing, left
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand; saint John the Evangelist holding a book and a martyr's palm.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross.
Rounded trefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Lower hinge broken.

Provenance
Sotheby’s, Paris, 7 November 2013, lot 70.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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