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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 180mm
Width: 100mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Register 2: adoring Magi (part of the Adoration of the Magi).


Koechlin Number: 0780

Koechlin 1906: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Missing: star; right hand of one of the kings and of saint John the Evangelist; left hand of the Virgin.

Provenance
Collection of John Watkins Brett (b, 1803, d. 1863), London; sold, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 April 1864, lot 2002. Collection of Victor Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (at least 1906-1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 26, pl. XV.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 280-283; II, no. 780; III, pl. CXXXII.


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