Gothic Ivories Project

Pendant

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Stuttgart, Landesmuseum Württemberg

Inv. KK hellblau 8

Ivory;silver;crystal

Height: 69mm
Width: 36cm (diameter)

Crucifixion with thieves; soldiers on horseback.

Museum's opinion 2012: 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
The crystal cylinder encloses a crucifixion scene. The object was probably part of a reliquary with relics of the Passion.

Provenance
From the Kunstkammer of the Dukes of Württemberg.

Image

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