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

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

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

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Cl. 15325

Ivory

Height: 96mm
Width: 63mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls; rugged cross.
Border of dentils.

Koechlin Number: 0599

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
MUseum's opinion 2010: France, 14th century or 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Fine crosshatching. Chamfered on the inner side of the wing. Hole on the outer side, probably to attach a clasp.

Provenance
Bequest of François-Achille Wasset in 1906 (no. 9693).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 222, 223; II, no. 599.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 97.

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