Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, in the shape of a scallop shell (Open)

Diptych, in the shape of a scallop shell (Open)

Diptych, in the shape of a scallop shell (Open)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

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Ivory;vermeil (mount)

Height: 60 mm
Width: 97 mm (open)

Wing, left
Crucifixion; Virgin and one of the Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlooker; angels; rugged cross; titulus.
Wing, right
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide. Saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river. Saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, staff and satchel; satchel decorated with a scallop shell. Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm. Two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Crosshatched background.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round. Appearance of a scallop shell on the back.

Provenance
Christie's, Paris, 16 June 2015, lot 1.

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