Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Front)

Wing, left
Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; standing Virgin and Child; two angels crowning the Virgin; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers; rugged cross.
Row of blind arches; border of dentils.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth, with scoring.

Object Condition
The lower right corner of the left wing is broken (caused by the new hinge).
Missing: part of the background between saint John the Baptist and the Virgin.

Provenance
Collection of Mr and Mrs Ernest C. Innes (at least 1923-1935): Innes sale, Christie's, London, 12 December 1935, lot 47. Collection of Mrs M. E. Ruffer: bequeathed to the National Trust in 1959; now in the Flint Cottage Collection.

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 136.

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