Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Front

Wing, left

Wing, right

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Subject
Religious.

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London, The Wernher Collection, Ranger's House (English Heritage)

88259338 (EE274)

Ivory

Height: 38mm
Width: 35mm (each)
Depth: 4mm

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Border of dentils.

Museum's opinion 2009: French, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges (?). The two wings are now held by pieces of thread.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. On the back of the left wing, blue and white label with inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 274'.

Object Condition
Later drilled hole in the upper corner of each leaf.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.

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