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

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures, colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 111mm
Width: 82mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Three Holy Women at the Tomb, with angel seated on the tomb and three soldiers asleep.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Beaded border.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Missing: lower right corner.
Numerous cracks. Worn.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1932, lot 57. Drouot, Paris, 12 December 2005, lot 146 bis.

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