Gothic Ivories Project | Wing, left (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Wing, left (fragment of a diptych, triptych or polyptych), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures) (Front)

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Ivory

Height: 97mm
Width: 65mm

Pentecost; the apostles including saint Peter and saint John the Evangelist holding a martyr's palm; dove with tongues of fire.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels; border of dentils.

Koechlin Number: 0512

Koechlin 1924: France, 3rd quarter of the 14th century

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Traces of two missing hinges on either side.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the left border.

Provenance
Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris: his sale, Paris, 11-16 May 1908, lot 474 (repr. on p. 64) (purchased by Hengel).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 215; II, no. 512.

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