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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 90mm

Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body); crown of thorns. Crosshatched background; roped border; foliated spandrels.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

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

Provenance
Christie's, London, 8 December 1981, lot 28.

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