Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych), 2 registers, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Passion.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 133mm
Width: 82mm

Register 1: Entry into Jerusalem; apostles including saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm and saint Peter holding a key.
Register 2: Betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas); Christ restores Malchus' ear, cut by saint Peter; soldier; sword; woman holding a lantern (Hedroit?).

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Hole in the upper part of the panel, to the right.

Provenance
Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.80, p. 26.

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