Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Back)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Back)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Dublin, National Museum of Ireland

1927:21

Ivory

Height: 78mm
Width: 49mm
Depth: 9mm

Saint Mary of Egypt clothed in her long hair; blessing gesture; an angel brings her a mantle. Saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Object Condition
Crack to the left of saint Mary's feet.

Provenance
Given to the Museum in 1927 by Henry Sinclair, Esq., through the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland.

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