Gothic Ivories Project | Gabled diptych, 3 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Gabled diptych, 3 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Gabled diptych, 3 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 250mm
Width: 73mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Annunciation with seated Virgin.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Register 3: Seated angel; soldier asleep; shield; spear.
Wing, right
Register 1: Presentation in the Temple (?).
Register 2: Resurrection; standing angel; cross.
Register 3: Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body) with saint John the Evangelist and saint Mary Magdalene (?).
Medallions containing quatrefoils in the gables.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
The left wing seems to have broken in the middle and been repaired.

Comments
The iconographies are odd as different elements from distinct scenes are combined together.

Provenance
Collection of the Late Mrs Elias-Vaes; Christie's, Amsterdam, 27-29 April 2010, lot 640.

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