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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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Front

Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 100 mm
Width: 86 mm (each)

Wing, left
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls. 
Wing, right
Coronation of the Virgin; Christ holding a sceptre; angel swinging a censer; bishop kneeling in donor position; mitre.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1994, lot 15.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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