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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Pont-Saint-Esprit, Musée d'art sacré du Gard

Inv. CD 012. 16. 1

Ivory

Height: 140mm
Width: 92mm
Depth: 15mm

Seated Virgin and Child (Virgo Lactans); throne with arches.
Crosshatched background; foliated border; columns.

Museum's opinion 2013: Flanders or Northern France, last quarter of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

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

Provenance
Bought at auction from Armor Enchères, Saint-Brieuc (France), 23 June 2012, lot 305.

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