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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Niort, Musée Bernard d'Agesci

Inv. 914.1.160

Ivory

Height: 114mm
Width: 78mm

Crucifixion; male kneeling figure in donor position holding a scroll with inscription; skulls on mount Golgotha; trees; hat.
Twisted columns; foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2012: Germany or Netherlands, 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the piece.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909); Piet-Lataudrie bequest to the Museum in 1914 (lot 1, no. 160).

Bibliography
E. Breuillac, Inventaire des objets légués au Musée de Niort par M. et Mme Piet-Lataudrie (Niort, 1916).

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