Tablet 1
Register 1: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Tablet 2
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Register 2: Nativity; swaddled Christ; shepherd with a musical instrument (trumpet).
Border of dentils.
Attribution Unknown
Hinges Long modern hinge.
Reverse Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border.
Provenance Collection of Henry Oppenheimer: his sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1936, lot 182.
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