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

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

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

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Private collection, London (in 2015)

S/n

Ivory;metal (hinges;clasp)

Height: 175mm
Width: 207 mm (open)
Depth: 24mm

Wing, left
Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; two angels crowning the Virgin.
Wing, right
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Medallions containing trefoils enclosing protruding cones in the spandrels. Beaded borders.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two later hinges.

Reverse
Smooth and flat.

Provenance
Martin Darcy Art Gallery. Loyola University, Chicago. collection of Edward Lubin, New York: sale, 16 November 1984. Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2003, lot 17; Sam Fogg, London; private collection, London; Sam Fogg, London, June 2005; private collection, London (in 2015).

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