Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 4 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 171mm
Width: 102 mm (each)

Wing, left
Register 1: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; Death of Judas (Judas hanging); tree.
Register 2; Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; sheep.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist, and onlookers. Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb with hands in prayer; tomb decorated with two pierced quatrefoils.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi; attendant with horses; whip.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, c. 1360.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Object Condition
Two holes on the left and right edges, probably to attach a clasp.

Provenance
Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.83, pp. 26-27.

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