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Centre panel, 1 register (fragment of a polyptych; tabernacle) (Front)

Centre panel, 1 register (fragment of a polyptych; tabernacle) (Front)
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Detail, front

Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 190 mm
Width: 40 mm
Depth: 25 mm

Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; Christ holding a fruit in his right hand; Christ in long robe; Christ seated on left arm.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: halo.

Object Condition
Missing: colonnettes; central finial and possibly pinnacles; flower held by the Virgin.

Provenance
Said to have come from the Abbey of Saint Vaast. Sotheby's, Paris, 30 September 2011, lot 6.


Image

© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

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