Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon.
Register 2: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit; seat decorated with tracery.
Medallions enclosing quatrefoils with protruding cones in the spandrels.
Koechlin 1924: French, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Dalton 1909: French, 14th century (in relation to no. 278).
Museum's opinion 2011: France (possibly Paris), c. 1300-1350.
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Chamfered inner edge.
Label with inscription '4328' and, in pencil, 'P. M. 1402'.
Object Condition
Missing: head of the dove of the Holy Spirit.
Comments
The right leaf of this diptych is in the British Museum, London, 1856,0623.69 (Dalton 1909).
Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris. Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 278, pl. LX (right wing).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, p. 124, no. 279 (right wing).
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