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

1919.231

Ivory

Height: 124mm
Width: 96mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels. Beaded border.

Randall 1993: Flemish or Mosan, 3rd quarter of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Several later holes for mounting.

Provenance
Collection of Georges Hoentschel (b. 1855, d. 1915), Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 14-15 April 1910, lot 19 (purchased by Goldschmidt). Bought from Philip J. Gentner, Florence, in 1919.

Bibliography
Worcester Art Museum News Bulletin and Calendar (October 1953), p. 1.
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 108.


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Credit Line: Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, Museum purchase, 1919.231.

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