Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Life of the Virgin.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 95mm
Width: 110mm (open)

Wing, left
Register 1: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; sun and moon.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds.
Wing, right
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two kneeling angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two broken hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1987, lot 16.

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