Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire); later reused as a diptych wing (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire); later reused as a diptych wing (Front)

Panel (possibly a writing tablet), 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures; tablette à écrire); later reused as a diptych wing (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 102mm
Width: 60mm

Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; soldier with heart-shaped shield; sword.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two later hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Label with ink inscription: '1305'.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.
Two sets of two holes along the left side for later hinges.

Provenance
Hermann Baer, London. Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2012, lot 25

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