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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André

MJAP-OA-958

Ivory

Height: 92mm
Width: 56mm
Depth: 7mm

Adoration of the Magi; angel holding a navette and swinging a censer.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.


Koechlin Number: 0473

Bertaux 1913: French, early 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st third of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Band with crosshatching along the inner side of the reverse of the panel.
Modern labels including a blue and white label with handwritten inscription '513' (Bertaux number); gold and white label with handwritten inscription 'H.6' (?).

Object Condition
Lower border chipped.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Acquired before 1913.

Bibliography
É. Bertaux, Musée Jacquemart-André: Catalogue itinéraire (Paris, 1913), no. 513.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 212; II, no. 473.


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