Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych; lower register), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

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London, Victoria and Albert Museum

Circ.383-1920

Ivory

Height: 84 mm
Width: 66 mm

Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Williamson and Davies 2014: French (probably Paris), 1340-1360.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Trace of one missing hinge on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges chamfered.

Object Condition
The top of the ivory has been cut.
Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Comments
This piece once formed the lower register of the right wing of a diptych.

Provenance
Acquired from William Cunningham, Clapham, London, in 1920.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 85.

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