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Pax with truncated gable (baiser de paix) (Side)
Pax with truncated gable (baiser de paix) (Side)
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Subject
Religious.

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Glasgow, the Burrell Collection

Inv. 21.18

Ivory

Height: 101mm
Width: 62mm
Depth: 36mm (including handle)
Weight: 72g

Standing Virgin and Child; Virgin in the sun; crescent moon; Virgin as the Apocalyptic woman; crown; columns.
Crosshatched background.

Glasgow Museums' opinion 2013: Netherlandish, late 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved and smooth. Ivory handle. Label with inscription: 'INS 37 SUNDRIES'.

Object Condition
Worn.

Provenance
May have been loaned to 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition (possibly Glasgow International Exhibition Catalogue, 1901, p. 38, Gallery III, Case O:17 'Panel, ivory, carved with Madonna and Child, Flemish, 15th Century'). Probably an early (pre-1911) acquisition by Sir William Burrell; given to the City of Glasgow by Sir William Constance, Lady Burrell, in 1944.

Bibliography
Possibly Glasgow International Exhibition Catalogue, 1901, p. 38, Gallery III, Case O:17, 'Panel, ivory, carved with Madonna and Child, Flemish, 15th Century.'


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