Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 5 arches across (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 5 arches across (Front)

Wing, right (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 5 arches across (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 95mm
Width: 60mm

Register 1: saint Laurence holding a gridiron; saint James the Greater with pilgrim's hat, staff and satchel; satchel decorated with a scallop shell; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and martyr's palm; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; saint Stephen holding a stone..Register 2: Standing veiled female saint holding a pyxis (possibly saint Clare); saint Andrew with a saltire cross; saint Peter holding the key; saint Paul with a sword; saint Agnes with a lamb.Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.

Provenance
Maurice Kann collection: sale, Paris, 5 December 1910, lot 213.

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