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Openwork diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (diptyque ajouré; colonnettes) (Wing, left)
Openwork diptych, 1 register, 1 arch across (diptyque ajouré; colonnettes) (Wing, left)
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Wing, right

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Subject
Religious.

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London, The British Museum

1856,0623.51 (Dalton 279)

Ivory;metal (later hinges and clap)

Height: 55mm
Width: 79mm
Depth: 6mm
Weight: 24.4g

Wing, left
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; sun and moon; rugged cross.
Wing, right
Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon unharmed; saint Margaret holding a crucifix; angel crowning saint Margaret; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm.

Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: traces of red paint in canopy and frame, traces of green staining around the feet of the figures and on the martyr's palm.

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Modern ink inscription: 'W.M' (for William Maskell) and '36'.

Object Condition
Missing: left border of left wing.Incisions along the right edge.

Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b.1814, d.1890) (no. 36): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.

Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 279, Pl. LXV.


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