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

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

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

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Height: 90mm
Width: 65mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); Virgin holding a bird in her right hand; Christ seated on the Virgin's left arm; two angels holding candlesticks.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Koechlin Number: 0574

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Recess in the left border, possibly for a clasp.

Provenance
Collection of Mrs Louis Stern, Paris (in 1924). Collection of H. Lavadan. Collection of Lucien and Helene Mellerio. Drouot, Paris, 30 May 2001, lot 64.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 217; II, no. 574.

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