Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 85mm

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks. Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two metal hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of later polychromy.

Provenance
Collection of Dr Schnellbach, Strasbourg. Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1995, lot 10.

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