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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Front

Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 86mm
Width: 63mm

Seated Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); angel crowning the Virgin; two angels swinging censers and standing on lions (probably part of the Virgin's throne).


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 3 July 1990, lot 12.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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