Gothic Ivories Project | Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 150 mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; onlookers including soldiers in armour; saint Mary Magdalene embracing the foot of the cross; ointment pot; sun and moon; titulus with inscription 'INRI'.
Roped border.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Break in the lower part of the piece.
Central hole in the upper part of the piece.

Provenance
Collection of Horace Walpole (b. 1717, d. 1797). Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1981, lot 33.

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