Panel from a Diptych

1370–1390 or 19th century

Not on view

This openwork panel is unusual in many aspects, leaving its place and time of manufacture ambiguous. The panel is pierced entirely through, a method of carving typical of Europe during the later fourteenth and earlier fifteenth centuries. However, the presence of hinges is out of keeping with the normal construction techniques of pierced ivories, suggesting that it might be a later imitation of medieval ivory carving or a very early venture into this type of carving.

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Title: Panel from a Diptych
Date: 1370–1390 or 19th century
Geography: Made in France or Western Europe
Culture: French or European
Medium: Elephant ivory
Dimensions: Overall: 6 9/16 x 3 3/8 x 3/8 in. (16.7 x 8.5 x 1 cm)
Classification: Ivories-Elephant
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.268
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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