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Panel (possibly pax), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; baiser de paix) (Front)

Panel (possibly pax), 1 register, 1 arch across (plaquette; baiser de paix) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 133mm
Width: 82mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin swooning and Saint John the Evangelist; rugged cross; titulus.
Rounded trefoils in the spandrels; border of dentils.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The chamfered slot in the back may indicate this piece was used as a pax.

Object Condition
Cracked vertically.

Provenance
Sotheby's, 10 April 1975, lot 5.


Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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