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Belt pendants and buckles (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory;metal (remains of fittings);fabric (remains of belt)

Height: 85mm (1); 53mm (2); 60mm (3); 65mm (4); 83mm (P1); 89mm (P2); 82mm (P3)
Width: 50mm (1); 40mm (2); 41mm (3); 40mm (4); 23mm (P1); 24mm (P2); 22mm (P3)
Depth: 10mm (1); 4mm (2); 9mm (3); 6mm (4); 5mm (P1-2); 4mm (P3)

Buckle 1: rosette.
Buckle 2: non figurative.
Buckle 3: head of Christ; tracery; foliated decoration.
Buckle 4: foliated decoration; IHS engraved inscription.
Belt pendant 1: saint or apostle with an axe (possibly saint Jude (Thaddeus)); unidentified female saint holding a monstrance and an open book (tbc).
Belt pendant 2: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child (Anna Selbdritt). Saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); camel hide.
Belt pendant 3: saint Elizabeth of Hungary holding two crowns. Saint Francis of Assisi.
Crosshatched background. Foliated decoration.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Pendants carved on both sides.

Provenance
Saint Anne pendant only: Drouot, Paris, 25 April 1994, lot 109. Collection of Julien Chappée, Le Mans. Les Enluminures, Paris, (at least from 1999: Le Louvre des Antiquaires exhibition, 21 September-30 October 1999, no. 38); Private collection, London (bought from Les Enluminures, Paris, 13 February 2007).

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