France, milieu du XIVe siècle Vierge à l'Enfant entre deux saints; au revers Christ Pantocrator polychrome à rehauts d'or

D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires Médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle, Paris, 2003, p. 433, n° 186).

This lot consists of two ivory leaves. Good condition overall all with minor surface dirt in the crevices, a few fine hairline fissures to the ivory and scratches to the surface consistent with age and handling. Two drilling holes to the right edge of the leaf, probably remains of an old fixation. The two candles held by the angles appear to be missing. The frame with some oxidation and minor wear to the gilding. Extensive wear to the painted and gilt scene to the second leaf of the ivory.
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Sous un arc trilobé surmonté de deux pinacles et souligné de crochets feuillus, la Vierge et l’Enfant, sont entourés de deux anges cérophéraires. Un troisième Ange, émergeant du centre de l’arc dépose, une couronne sur la tête de la Vierge. L’ampleur des silhouettes et les traits des visages, le nez saillant, le menton pointu et les yeux incisés en une fente horizontale, se rapprochent d’un feuillet de diptyque figurant une Vierge glorieuse conservée au musée du Louvre (inv. n° OA 107). Un exemple de tablette à écrire, figurant des Scènes de la Passion du Christ, se trouve dans la collection Jack and Belle Linsky (Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. n° 1982.60.399).