Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Niort, Musée Bernard d'Agesci

Inv. 914.1.138

Ivory

Height: 70mm
Width: 35mm

Register 1: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit.
Register 2: Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon, holding a crucifix; unidentified male saint holding a martyr's palm (possibly saint John the Evangelist).

Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), last quarter of 13th century or 1st half of 14th century

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Two holes in background, one hole around the lower missing hinge; cracks in the background

Provenance
Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909); Piet-Lataudrie bequest to the Museum in 1914.

Bibliography
Entry on Alienor.org, Conseil des Musées: http://www.alienor.org/alienorweb/public/fiche_objet.asp?__TableId=32&__GroupId=286&__FormGroupId=37&__NoFiche=17039 (accessed June 2012)

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