Gothic Ivories Project | Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Cologne, Museum für Angewandte Kunst

Inv. B 274

Ivory

Height: 120mm
Width: 93mm

Seated Virgin and Child; bare-chested Christ; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand; crown; bench; brooch.
Crosshatched background; columns.

Museum's opinion 2013: Northern Italy (?), late 14th-early 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.
Round trace on the back, possibly left by a flame.

Object Condition
A central hole at the top has caused the pax to crack and a piece of ivory is lost.

Provenance
Collection of Wilhelm Clemens (b. 1847, d. 1934), Cologne: donated with the rest of his collection to the city of Cologne in 1919-1920.

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