Register 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross. Noli me tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); tree.
Register 2: Adoration of the Magi. Entry into Jerusalem.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels. Pierced halos.
Molinier 1904: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (?), 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: 19th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the left side.
Reverse
Flat with some crosshatching. Recessed along the upper border.
Blue and white label with handwritten inscription: '73 Feuillet de dyptique ivoire' (Oppenheim collection).
Object Condition
Restoration to upper left corner. Some damage to border.
Provenance
Collection of Baron Albert Oppenheim, Cologne: sold 1906; J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917.
Bibliography
E. Molinier, Collection du Baron Albert Oppenheim, tableaux et objets d'art (Paris, 1904), p. 32, no. 73.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 187; II, no. 377.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 105.
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