Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette) (Front)

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Religious.

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 15334

Ivory

Height: 83mm
Width: 55mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Pinnacles.

Koechlin Number: 0409

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Smooth and flat.

Object Condition
Missing: candles in the candlesticks held by the angels; missing piece to the right of the Virgin's feet.

Provenance
Bequest of François-Achille Wasset in 1906 (no. 9705).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 203; II, no. 409.

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