Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Diptych, 2 registers, 5 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Infancy of Christ.

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Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 136mm
Width: 77mm (wing)

Wing, left
Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Register 2: Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds; swaddled Christ.
Wing, right
Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; scroll. Visitation.

Koechlin Number: 0338

Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd half of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two later hinges.

Provenance
Collection of Eugène Mutiaux (1924). Collection of Robert Pinquier: his sale, Paris, Drouot, 30 January 1995, lot 19.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 170, 171, 174; II, no. 338; III, pl. LXXVIII.

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