Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; colonnettes) (Back)

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

Erbach, Deutsches Elfenbeinmuseum

Inv. 775

Ivory

Height: 98 mm
Width: 70 mm

Annunciation; dove of the Holy Spirit; vase of lilies.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Hegemann 1988: France, 15th century.
Museum’s opinion 2014: c. 1350.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Four notches aligned vertically along the right side.

Object Condition
Central hole for suspension (only visible from the back).

Provenance
Purchased in 1977.

Bibliography
H. W. Hegemann, Das Elfenbein in Kunst und Kultur Europas: ein Überblick von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart (Mainz, 1988), p. 96, fig. 60.

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