Gothic Ivories Project | Pax, 1 register, 1 arch across (baiser de paix; plaquette) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 1 arch across (baiser de paix; plaquette) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 1 arch across (baiser de paix; plaquette) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 137mm
Width: 86mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; angels holding the sun and the moon.
Angels in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.

Provenance
European private collection; Sotheby's, London, 3 July 2012, lot 26.

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