Lot 1150 D‡α

France late 14th century

A late 14th century French carved ivory relief of the Crucifixion

With minimal remains of former polychromy. High-relief depiction with a plain border, formerly the right wing of a hinged diptych. The piece depicts numerous figures attendant at the Crucifixion. We see Christ being offered the sponge and Longinus with the lance below him. The mourning Virgin is depicted on the left with Saint John and Mary Magdalene, two prophets are seen on the right, and in the upper arches we see two angels with symbols of the sun and moon.
Two hairline cracks (vertical and diagonal), two drilled holes to the upper border, signs of former hinges on the left edge. 12.2 x 9 cm.