Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette) (Back)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette) (Back)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 1 register, 2 ogee arches across (plaquette) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

17.190.267

Ivory

Height: 109mm
Width: 76mm
Depth: 7mm

Nativity; Joseph holding a candle; Christ lying on the ground; shepherds; angels; prophets.
Brickwork or tiled roof. Twisted columns.

Museum's opinion 2012: France or Flanders, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red, green.

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Pierced with a hole through the upper border, possibly for suspension.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

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