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Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)
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Cardiff, Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales

NMW A 50532

Ivory

Height: 93mm
Width: 58mm
Depth: 8mm
Weight: 72.61g

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2009: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two missing hinges.

Reverse
Smooth.

Object Condition
Two holes where the hinges once were. Worn, especially the corners.
Missing: part of the lower left corner.

Provenance
Probably collection of Charles Fairfax Murray (b. 1849, d. 1919): label inscribed 'Fairfax Murray 1920' on the reverse. Given to the National Museum of Wales by F. E. Andrews in 1932.

Bibliography
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Carvings in Ivory, exhibition catalogue, London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1923, no. 130 (?; everything corresponds, except the measurements).


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