Inv. 1067
Marian emblems. Lily rooted in a heart; Virgin and Child at the apex of the lily; letter M (monogram for Mary); staff with scallop shell.
Scroll with inscription: 'Marien theere' (translation: we are devoted to Mary).
Koechlin 1924: Flemish, late 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Incised 'm'.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the pax.
Comments
Engraved inscription on the heart (seems later): 'rethoia'(?) (for Rethorica).
Provenance
From the Ghent Chambre de Rhétorique (Mariën Theeren Gent). Sale, Verhelst auction house, Ghent, 1 April 1861.
Bibliography
F. De Potter, 'De rederijkerskammer Maria ter Eere te Gent,' in Bulletin de l'Académie royale de Belgique XXXIII (1872).
H. Van Duyse, Musée Archeologique de la ville de Gand Catalogue descriptif (Ghent, 1886).
F. De Potter, Gent van den oudsten tijd tot heden VII (Ghent, 1893), pp. 58-95.
H. Van Duyse, Inventaire Archéologique de Gand (Ghent, 1898), p. 82.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 337; III, pl. CLXIII.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 603-4, in relation to no. 183.
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