Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 registers, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Back)

Diptych, 1 registers, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Back)

Diptych, 1 registers, 1 arch across (plaquettes) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts

Inv. 68416

Ivory

Height: 93mm
Width: 106mm
Weight: 87.5g

Wing, left
Unidentified standing male figures holding books (one tonsured), possibly saints or apostles.
Wing, right
Two unidentified standing male figures holding books, possibly saints or apostles.
Foliated decoration in the spandrels.

Registered in the Museum's inventory in the 1960s: German, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Hole in each corner of the left panel and in the inner corners of the right panel.

Provenance
Donated by W. Marcus (Prague) in 1965.

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