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Wing, right (probably fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)
Wing, right (probably fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, bands of rosettes (décor de roses) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.


Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory;metal (remains of central hinge)

Height: 140mm
Width: 70mm
Depth: 7mm

Register 1: Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).
Register 2: Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell; Christ standing on a demon.

Williamson 2005: French (Paris), c. 1325-1350.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of three hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: haloes, lining of garments (green).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Stained in the upper right corner.

Object Condition
Broken around the upper and lower hinges.
Hole in the outer edge.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1988, lot 25. Private collection, Germany. On the Antwerp art market in 1994. Julius Böhler, Munich, in 2002. Private collection, London: bought, 24 January 2003, from Blumka Gallery, New York.

Bibliography
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 30.


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© Private Collection, London.
Digital photograph

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