Gothic Ivories Project | Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 full and two half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 full and two half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Writing tablet, 1 register, 1 full and two half arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire); reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Brass (later brass frame);ivory

Height: 67 mm
Width: 44 mm

Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene); trees.
Incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Not visible.

Comments
This panel has been inserted into a later brass pax frame decorated with brass rosettes.

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 14 June 1996, lot 45.

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