Gothic Ivories Project | Relief (appliqué); inserted in a pax (?) (baiser de paix?) (CAST, front)

Relief (appliqué); inserted in a pax (?) (baiser de paix?) (CAST, front)

Relief (appliqué); inserted in a pax (?) (baiser de paix?) (CAST, front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;metal (?)

Height: c. 135mm
Width: c. 68mm

Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on the Virgin's left knee; Christ in long robe.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Not seen.

Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the Virgin's head.

Comments
So far, this piece is only known through a cast. The photograph on this page is of the cast now in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art (no. 113).

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