Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquettes; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist; onlookers holding scrolls.
Wing, right
Resurrection; two angels standing on the tomb with hands in prayer; three soldiers asleep; soldiers in armour.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Longer edges slightly chamfered. Labels with inscription '552;' 'I.6.'

Provenance
Possibly in the collection of Hollingworth Magniac (b. 1786, d. 1867). Fountaine collection, Narford Hall, Norfolk: sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 16 June 1884, lot 522; bought by Frederick Litchfield, art dealer, London. John McAndrew, Holy Hill, Coleman's Hatch, Sussex: sale, Christie's, 2 December 1925, lot 149; collection of Canon Lewis Gilbertson of Bedford Square (d. 1940), Rector of St Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill, London; bequeathed by Mrs. Edith Gilbertson in memory of her husband in 1940.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 91.

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