Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; décor de roses) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; décor de roses) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across, bands of rosettes (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; décor de roses) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion. Life of Christ.

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Toronto, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

29107

Ivory

Height: 169mm
Width: 92.6mm
Depth: 11.3mm
Weight: 232g

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Sun and Moon.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; Entry into Jerusalem.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Smooth and flat.

Comments
It is kept in a velvet-lined leather case in the shape of a book.

Provenance
Demotte collection, early 20th century. Collection of Estelle Doheny; Thomson Collection, Toronto: acquired from Christie's, California, 3-4 February 1988, lot 364; since 2008, The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto.

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