Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Register 1: Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; two standing angels holding navettes and swinging censers; blessing gesture.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Koechlin 1924: France, end of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side (repaired).

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (hair), green (architectural details), black(?) (robes).

Object Condition
Minor cracks.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909); Piet-Lataudrie bequest to the Museum in 1914.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 170, 176; II, no. 332.
Entry on Alienor.org, Conseil des Musées: http://www.alienor.org/alienorweb/public/fiche_objet.asp?__TableId=32&__GroupId=286&__FormGroupId=37&__NoFiche=17004 (accessed June 2012)

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