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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Unknown location

S/n

Wood (frame);ivory

Height: 98 mm
Width: 68 mm

Wing, left
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; crown; standing Virgin and Child; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Hidden by the frame.

Object Condition
The miters for the upper hinges have been filled with ivory repairs. The right wing has broken into two pieces which have been put back together.
Traces of breakages also in the left wing. Holes in the background of both wings.

Provenance
Property of a European collector; Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2013, lot 14.

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