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Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)
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La Spezia, Museo Civico Amedeo Lia

A136

Ivory

Height: 130mm
Width: 85mm
Depth: 10-11mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Angels holding navettes and swinging censers in the spandrels.

Giusti 1999: France (Paris), c. 1280-1300.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side

Object Condition
The panel is broken in two pieces (with a different tone of ivory) and has missing portions in the background, above the magus with his hand raised.
Very worn.

Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Genoa.

Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.12.


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