18th century AD. A pair of wooden diptych doors with mounting hinges to one edge; applied metal strip frames with pointillé running scrolls and foliage, pointillé text; upper panels with sun and moon; left door with upper panel depicting nimbate winged Gabriel addressing Mary, lower panel with reclining nimbate Mary and standing Christ holding the soul of Mary among the apostles; right door with upper panel depicting three nimbate angels around a table, lower panel with scene of presentation of Virgin Mary to the temple; mounted on a brass bar to the reverse. See Weizmann, K. et al., The Icon, New York, 1982, for discussion.1.1 kg, 44.5cm (17 1/2"). Property of a London lady, part of her family's collection.