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Wing, right (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
Wing, right (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Wing, left (part of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures)

Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland

Inv. H.KK 33

Ivory

Height: 135 mm
Width: 64 mm
Depth: 10 mm

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two kneeling angels holding navettes and swinging censers; angel crowning the Virgin.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Incised trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2015: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (Virgin's and Christ's robes, Magi's clothes and cloaks, hair, censers, architectural details, etc.), red (spandrels of the lower register), blue (spandrels of the upper register; background; shoes?).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Broken around the hinges.

Comments
The left wing of this diptych is also in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh (Inv. H.KK 32). See related objects.

Provenance
Purchased in 1882.


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