Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left
Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; foal of the she-ass; tree; apostles.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; man brandishing a club.
Wing, right
Register 1: Last Supper with saint John the Evangelist leaning on Christ's breast; Judas reaching out for a fish; chalice-like cup.
Register 2: Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket; Stephaton with winged hat.
Border of dentils.

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France, c. 1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Three later hinges

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Printed label: '399'.

Object Condition
The inner side of both wings has been repaired with a strip of ivory, presumably to attach the later hinges.
Some repairs are also visible in the background of the lower register of the left wing and of the upper register of the right wing.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris (until 1911); Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, no. 798.

Bibliography
A. Pératé, Collections Georges Hoentschel. Ivoires, orfèvrerie religieuse, pierres (Paris, 1911), no. 39, pl. XXXII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 292, n. 1; II, no. 798.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 579, in relation to no. 170.

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