Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 3 registers, 6 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin. Infancy of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Register 1: Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles. Coronation of the Virgin; standing angels swinging censers.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi with Virgin seated to the left. Presentation in the Temple; maid holding a basket of doves brought as offerings; Virgin and Simeon holding Christ.
Register 3: Annunciation; vase of lilies; dove of the Holy Spirit. Nativity; angel holding a pillow under the Virgin's head; swaddled Christ.
Pinnacles; pointed trefoils; roped border; pilasters.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of three missing hinges on the right side.

Provenance
Private collection, England in 1980s or 1990s.

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