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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Leipzig, GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst

1918.167

Ivory

Height: 141mm
Width: 82mm
Depth: 10mm

Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge Glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels; pinnacles.

Museum's opinion 2012: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Missing: piece in the lower left corner of the panel.
Damaged surface, especially the face of the Virgin.

Provenance
Bought from a private owner in Leipzig in 1918.

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