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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)
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Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Grünes Gewölbe

Inv. II 50

Ivory

Height: 90 mm
Width: 54 mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils

Graesse 1879: 14th century.
Erbstein 1884: 15th century.
Sponsel 1921: French, 15th century.
Museum’s opinion 2013: Germany (Rhineland or Meuse valley), 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Provenance
Collection of Prof. Steinla: purchased by the Grünes Gewölbe Museum in 1857 (recorded as an addendum in the 1819 inventory of the Ivory Room, p. 240, no. 491).

Bibliography
J. G. T. Graesse, Beschreibender Catalog des k. Grünen Gewölbes, zu Dresden (Dresden, 1879), p. 32.
J. and A. Erbstein, Das Königliche Grüne Gewölbe zu Dresden (Dresden, 1884), p. 17, no. 50.
J. L. Sponsel, Führer durch das Grüne Gewölbe zu Dresden (Dresden, 1921), p. 20.


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