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Gabled triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)
Gabled triptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (colonnettes) (Front)
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London, The Wernher Collection, Ranger's House (English Heritage)

88259051 (EE272)

Ivory;iron (ring hinges)

Height: 102mm
Width: 122mm
Depth: 14mm (centre); 5mm (wings)

Wing, left
Standing Virgin.
Centre panel
Crucifixion; Longinus piercing Christ's side; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; sun and moon.
Wing, right
Saint John the Evangelist.


Koechlin Number: 0198

Koechlin 1924: French, 1st third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2009: French, c. 1320.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two ring hinges on either side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: patterns on the background, halo of the Virgin.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Back of the centre panel chamfered on three sides.

Object Condition
Missing: part of the background and right edge of the right wing.

Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 136-137; II, no. 198; III, pl. XLVIII.


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© The Wernher Foundation. Source: English Heritage Photo Library.

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