Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; plaque ajourée) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 109 mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross. Noli me tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Entry into Jerusalem; saint Peter holding a key.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1981, lot 143.

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