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Diptych, 1 register (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum

M.6

Ivory;metal (hinge)

Height: 31mm
Width: 27mm (each)
Depth: 3mm

Wing, left
Adoration of the Magi.
Wing, right
Adoring Magi.

Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
One decorated hinge.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Engraved with foliated decoration.

Object Condition
Horizontal crack, from the centre outwards. Plugged holes in each panel in the middle.

Comments
The scene seems to be reversed: the right wing would make more sense, iconographically, if it were the left one, as the Magi would be walking towards the Virgin.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

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