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Pendant, 1 register (Front)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
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Valencia, Museu d'Història de València-Museo de Historia

Inv. 2/216

Bone;silver (frame);rock crystal (?)

Height: 27mm
Width: 21mm
Depth: 4mm

Saint Christopher carrying Christ across the river; saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel and sword; crown.

Museum's opinion 2013: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat.

Object Condition
Vertical break down the figure of saint Christopher. Damaged from having been buried.

Provenance
Found during excavations of the Palacio Bailia y Scala in Valencia in 1996.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 155 and no. 156.

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