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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)
Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 168mm
Width: 101mm

Coronation of the Virgin; blessing gesture.
Two angels holding navettes and swinging censers in the spandrels.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Object Condition
Brown patina.

Provenance
Collection of Lucien Guiraud, Paris: his sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 June 1956, pl. XX. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
Grosse Kunst des Mittelalters aus Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue, Cologne, Schnütgen Museum, 1960, no. 27.
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.101, p. 30.


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