diptych; religious/ritual equipment

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diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Object Type: diptych; religious/ritual equipment
Museum number: 1856,0623.83
Description: Diptych; ivory; both leaves have tripled arched canopy; left: Virgin and Child flanked by St Catherine and Mary Magdalene; right: St Agnes, St Barbara(?), St Margaret and dog; modern metal mount.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 14thC
Production place: Made in: France
Findspot: Found/Acquired: France
Materials: ivory; metal
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 61 millimetres; Weight: 76 grammes; Width: 53 millimetres (closed); Width: 105 millimetres (open); Depth: 8 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (289); Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français (577)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2012 Jan-Apr, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Fantastic Creatures. 2011 Jun-Sept, South Korea, Ulsan Museum, Fantastic Creatures.
Subjects: dog; saint/martyr; virgin and child
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St Mary Magdalene; Representation of: St Catherine of Alexandria; Representation of: St Agnes; Representation of: St Barbara (?); Representation of: St Margaret of Antioch
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1856,0623.83
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 64 (Maskell)
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Oct 2010; Treatment: 13 Sep 2010

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