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Gabled panel (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, arch across (Front)

Gabled panel (fragment of a triptych), 1 register, arch across (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 105mm
Width: 73mm

Crucifixion; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket; Sun and Moon.


Koechlin Number: 0196

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


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of one missing hinge on either side.

Object Condition
Missing: lower register of this panel (crocket visible at the base of the Crucifixion); upper part of the gable; spear held by Longinus; right arm of Stephaton, including spear and sponge. Lower border chipped.
Worn.

Comments
According to Koechlin (1924), this panel once was the upper register of the centre panel of a triptych similar to the Selles-sur-Cher Triptych (Koechlin 194).

Provenance
Collection of Emile Lévy: his sale, Paris, 14 December 1928, lot 6.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 137; II, no. 196.


Image

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