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

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 125mm
Width: 95mm

Angel holding a cross; fruits; flowers (rose bushes?). Inscription: 'PER SI[G]NU[M] [?] CRUCIS DE [...]CIS SUM [...]'.
Crosshatched background.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Léon Nelli collection, Paris: his sale, 4 December 1911, lot 158. Collection of Professor A. Gilbert, Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 29-30 November, 1 December 1927, lot 79.

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