Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Wing, left

Wing, right

Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;silver (modern hinges)

Height: 90mm
Width: 112mm

Wing, left
Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem. Agony in the Garden (Christ at Gethsemane).
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Visitation. Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ. Adoration of the Magi. Border of dentils. Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1980, lot 24.

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