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

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

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

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Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland

Inv. A.1893.494

Ivory;metal (remains of hinges)

Height: 136mm
Width: 98mm
Depth: 13mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Virgin raising both hands; angels crying.
Medallions enclosing rounded trefoils in the spandrels; columns.

Museum's opinion 2015: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with the inscription: 'On loan from C. H. Buchler 1883'.

Provenance
Collection of John Watkins Brett (b. 1805, d. 1863), Burleigh House, London: his sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 18 April 1864, lot 2001. Collection C. H. Buchler (on loan to the museum in 1883). Acquired by the museum in 1893.

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