Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

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Ivory

Height: 72-62mm
Width: 44mm

Wing, left
Presentation in the Temple with Joseph holding a candlestick and a basket of doves brought as offerings; Virgin holding Christ.
Wing, right
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); standing Virgin and Child; saint Agnes with a lamb and book.
Incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
One modern hinge

Object Condition
The cut portion at the top of the right wing has been now been lost.

Provenance
Collection of Mrs Louis Stern, Paris (in 1924). Drouot, Paris, 25 April 1994, lot 69.

Image

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