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

1856,0623.76 (Dalton 287)

Ivory

Height: 72mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 10mm
Weight: 41.9g

Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Border of dentils.

Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges of the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Brown paint along the lower left border.

Reverse
Smooth and flat. Modern ink inscription: 'W.M 45' (for William Maskell).

Object Condition
Damaged. Vertical crack across the whole panel.

Comments
The haloes are incised.

Provenance
Acquired in France. William Maskell collection (b. 1814, d. 1890) (no. 45): 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. 287, pl. LXV.


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