Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel, 1 register, 1 full and 2 half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
www.cath-vs.ch

Sion (Valais), Cathedral Treasury

Inv. ES2-08

Ivory;silver and copper (later frame)

Height: 64mm
Width: 39mm

Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide; standing Virgin and Child; saint Paul holding a sword.
Brickwork or tiled roof.

Koechlin Number: 0588

Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century and late 15th-century frame.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Hidden by the frame. Handle.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 195, 207, 217, 332; II, no. 588.

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