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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 143 mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint Mary Magdalene embracing the foot of the cross; unidentified saint with a bishop's mitre and crozier; blessing gesture; unidentified tonsured saint holding a martyr's palm and a book (possibly saint Stephen); titulus; coat of arms with monogram ('CB'?) in the border.
Roped border.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Worn.

Provenance
Sale, Paris, Hôtel Dassault, 21 May 2003, lot 269. Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2015, lot 129 (lot composed of 6 paxes).

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