The Wernher Triptych is an ivory Byzantine triptych carved in Constantinople between 900 and 1000 AD.
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Material | Ivory |
Size | 18.4cm by 16.8cm |
Created | 900-1000 AD |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | 1978,0502.10 |
The triptych became part of the British Museum's collection in 1978, in lieu of taxes following the death of Sir Harold Wernher, son of the financier Sir Julius Wernher.[1]
In the central panel stands the Virgin Hodegetria; on the side leaves are carved an angel and two saints framed in medallions; on the left St Nicholas and St Theodore, on the right St John Chrysostom and St George.