Gothic Ivories Project | Panels forming a diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front, left)

Panels forming a diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front, left)

Panels forming a diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front, left)

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Front

Front, right

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 86mm
Width: 39mm (each)

Panel 1
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); angel crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Panel 2
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Stemmed flowers or branches in the spandrels (rosettes).

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Provenance
Oppler collection: his sale, Berlin, 25 February 1913, lot 122.

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