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Diptych, ivory. Left wing: Virgin and child enthroned with two angels holding tall candles. Right wing: Crucifixion with Virgin and St John. Both scenes are placed under a crocketted and cusped arch.
History note: Uncertain before C.B. Marlay, London (d. 18 June 1912).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.2 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
14th Century
Circa
1300
-
Circa
1400
Carving : Ivory, carved
Accession number: MAR.M.256-1912
Primary reference Number: 31671
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/31671 Accessed: 2022-06-29 19:33:28
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