Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints. Passion.

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Glasgow, the Burrell Collection

Inv. 21.9

Ivory

Height: 169mm
Width: 110mm
Depth: 12mm
Weight: 110g

Register 1: Flagellation; whips. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Register 2: saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; standing Virgin and Child; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel, martyr's palm and crown. Saint George and the dragon; princess holding the dragon on a leash; shield; banner; horse.
Pointed trefoils; incised trefoils.

British Museum's opinion 2011: French, c. 1325-1375.
Glasgow Museums' opinion 2013: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.Medieval incised inscription: 'd[omi]ni [...]'.

Comments
The right wing of this diptych is now in the British Museum (Inv. 1885,0805.1).

Provenance
Bought by Sir William Burrell from Mr John Hunt, 26 June 1947 for £150; given to the City of Glasgow by Sir William and Constance, Lady Burrell, in 1944.

Bibliography
W. Wells, 'A Gothic Diptych Re-united', in Scottish Art Review, Vol. XI, no. 1 (1967), pp. 26-28.

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