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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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Subject
Religious.

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Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge

Cl. 23726

Ivory

Height: 121mm
Width: 91mm
Depth: 9mm

Adoration of the Magi.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.

Paris 2006: Paris, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France (Paris), 2nd quarter 14th century.


Attribution
Atelier of the frises d'arcatures

Hinges
Traces of two hinges on the right side.

Object Condition
Missing: lower right corner (repaired).

Provenance
Jacques Polain collection, Brussels; given by him to the Museum in 2002.

Bibliography
Oeuvres nouvelles, 1995-2005, dir. by E. Taburet-Delahaye, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de Cluny-Musée national du Moyen Âge, 15 May-25 September 2006, no. 19.
X. Dectot, 'Acquisitions', in Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France 4 (2002), p. 83.


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