Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum

Inv. 953x62.1

Ivory

Height: 163mm
Width: 114mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Border of dentils; rounded trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2012: 19th century (?).

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Missing: lower right corner chipped (when viewed from the back).

Provenance
Acquired in 1953 by the museum.

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