Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes; colonnettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquettes; colonnettes) (Front)

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Religious.

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London, The British Museum

1856,0623.89

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 100mm
Width: 100mm (open)
Depth: 6mm
Weight: 62.3g

Wing, left
Unidentified saint holding a book and martyr's palm, possibly saint John the Evangelist; saint Stephen holding stones.
Wing, right
Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene).
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Museum's opinion 2011: Probably 19th century in the style of 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: green and red (background; tree; architectural details).

Reverse
Flat. Crosshatching. Ink inscription: 'W.M.' for William Maskell.

Object Condition
Horizontal cuts across the top and the bottom of the right wing.

Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.

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