Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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Opava, Slezské zemské muzeum (Silesian Museum)

Inv. 09.38 (lost)

Ivory

Height: 55mm
Width: 78mm

Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon, holding a crucifix; standing Virgin and Child; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; unidentified female saint with a martyr's palm and an axe; two angels holding navettes and swinging censers.
Pinnacles. Tiled roof or brickwork.

Koechlin Number: 0589

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Not viewed.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Gay (b. 1820, d. 1887); collection of Mrs V. Gay; sale, Paris, 23 March 1909, lot 74; acquired by Johann von Liechtenstein and donated to the Silesian Museum in 1909; lost during WWII.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 207, 219; II, no. 589.

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