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

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

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

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 127mm
Width: 70mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint Peter holding a key; crowned female saint with a martyr's palm (saint Catherine of Alexandria?); rugged cross; brooch.
Crosshatched background. Tracery. Pointed quatrefoils in the spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Robert van Hirsch collection: sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1978, lot 286.

Image

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