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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Saint-Omer, Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin

Inv. 3454

Ivory

Height: 117mm
Width: 76mm
Depth: 12mm
Weight: 120g

Seated Virgin and Child; throne.

Museum's opinion 2013: Flemish, last quarter of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost. Incised graffiti 'Marie'.

Object Condition
Intentionally defaced.
Missing: upper part of the panel.

Provenance
Bought in 1851.

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