Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks; angel crowning the Virgin; Christ touching with his right hand the Virgin's chin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Sun and Moon; Virgin in prayer.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two hinges (or rod hinge?)

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered on the inner side.Hole in each panel, only visible from the back as it is at an angle and pierces the upper edge and the back of the panel.

Object Condition
Numerous holes along the inner borders.
Missing: part of one of the candles held by the angels.

Provenance
Cyril Humphries collection: sold, 1980; Sam Fogg collection, London; private collection, London: bought, Sam Fogg, London, 25 November 2003.

Bibliography
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 32.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 574-5, in relation to no. 168.

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