Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 4 arches across (frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ. Infancy of Christ.

Repository Institution
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Metz, Musée de la Cour d'Or

Inv. 84.8.1

Ivory

Height: 108mm
Width: 80mm
Depth: 5mm

Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist. Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body); Virgin anointing Christ's body.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Presentation in the Temple; Christ standing on the altar between the Virgin and Simeon; hanging lamp.

Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris) 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth, with a few scratches.

Object Condition
Missing: upper left corner. Central hole in the upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Collection of Léontine Rose: purchased by the museum in 1983.

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