Gothic Ivories Project | Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Ivory

Seated Virgin and Child; throne under a canopy; two angels holding the curtains; male kneeling figure in donor position.
Crosshatched background; columns; foliated decoration. Inscription on the canopy: 'AVE GRACIA'.

Koechlin Number: 0928

Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th or early 16th century.
Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: Probably Northern France, c. 1450.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Crack from the centre down.

Provenance
Collection of Lucien Corroyer, Paris (in 1924). Lot 51 in an unidentified sale.

Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 191.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 334; II, no. 928.

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