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Rounded-top diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)

Rounded-top diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (Front)
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Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts

CA T 346

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 122mm
Width: 152mm (open)
Depth: 7mm

Wing, left
Kneeling figure receiving or giving a message to a cleric; lady wearing a hennin; interior.
Wing, right
Ruler administering justice.
Rosettes in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two hinges.

Reverse
Label with inscription in red pencil: '973'. Other label with inscription in black ink: 'T 346'.

Provenance
Collection of Anthelme and Edma Trimolet: donated by them to the Museum in 1878.

Bibliography
E. Gleize, Catalogue descriptif des objets d'art formant le musée Anthelme et Edma Trimolet (Dijon, 1883), no. 346.
Le goût du gothique chez les collectionneurs du XIXe siècle, exhibition catalogue, Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1961, no. 170.
B. Maurice, Quelques recherches sur les ivoires du musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, unpublished Mémoire de maîtrise de l'Université de Dijon, 1983, no. 143.


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