Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette) (Front)

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

32.100.205

Ivory;metal (broken hinges)

Height: 130mm
Width: 87mm
Depth: 11mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils. Pinnacles.

Museum's opinion 2011: France (Paris), 1st quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy: gold (crowns, hair, beards, architectural details), red and blue (architectural details, clothes).

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Label with modern inscription: 'C 384/205'. Pencil inscription: '29278'.

Provenance
Collection of Michael Friedsam (b. 1858, d. 1931), New York: bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931.

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