Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Back)

Register 1: Carrying of the Cross with the Virgin helping Christ; soldier with winged hat; Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; Visitation.
Pointed trefoils.

Fischinger 1982: Paris, 2nd half of the 14th century
Chodyński 1996, France, 3rd quarter of 14th century
Łaguna-Chevillotte 1999: Paris, c. 1350
D. Gaborit-Chopin (after examination of the piece on 20 March 2003): Paris, 2nd half of the 14th century

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label (from art market in Cracow, c. 1971) with inscription: 'W.828 / c.25.100'.

Provenance
Acquired at the art market in Cracow in 1971.

Bibliography
A. Fischinger, Trésor de la Couronne au Wawel. Guide (Cracow, 1982), pp. 23-24.
R. A. Chodyński, Madonna z dzieciątkiem i inne rzeźby z kości słoniowej z XIV wieku w zbiorach polskich, in Sztuka około 1400. Materiały sesji Stowarzyszenia Historyków Sztuki, I (Poznań, 1996), p. 27.
A. Łaguna-Chevillotte, 'Dwa dyptyki z kości słoniowej w Skarbcu Koronnym na Wawelu', in Studia Waweliana, VIII (1999), pp. 233-238, fig. 1.

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