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Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 2 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Back)

Panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 2 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Back)
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Subject
Religious.

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Bern, Historisches Museum

Inv. 26311.3

Ivory

Height: 96mm
Width: 67mm

Standing apostle (or Christ) holding a book; tonsured saint Peter holding a key and a book.
Pinnacles.

Baum 1941: Northern Italy, early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding: gold (hair; beard; decoration along the hems; key), green (lining of the cloak).

Reverse
Flat and smooth.

Object Condition
Pierced by a hole in each corner for attachment of lost fittings. Damage to the upper left corner.

Comments
This piece is part of an ensemble of 7 panels, probably fragments of a casket. See related objects.

Provenance
On permanent loan from a private collection since 1938.

Bibliography
J. Baum, Inventar der Kirchlichen Bildwerke des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern (Bern, 1941), pp. 16-17.


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