Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych or polyptych), 2 registers, 2 arche sacross (frise d'arcatures; tabernacle) (Front)

Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych or polyptych), 2 registers, 2 arche sacross (frise d'arcatures; tabernacle) (Front)

Gabled wing, left (fragment of a triptych or polyptych), 2 registers, 2 arche sacross (frise d'arcatures; tabernacle) (Front)

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Baltimore, Walters Art Museum

Inv. 71.173

Silver (remains of hinges);ivory

Height: 121mm
Width: 41mm

Register 1: angel swinging censer.
Register 2: saint Michael and the devil or saint George and the dragon; saint Christopher.

Museum's opinion 2010: Flemish (?), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Hole for the hasp on the left, a large hole at the top. It may possibly have been cut down at the bottom.

Provenance
Bought in 1914 by Henry Walters from Léon Gruel in Paris; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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