Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures); used as a pax (baiser de paix) (Back)

Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures); used as a pax (baiser de paix) (Back)

Openwork panel, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaque ajourée; frise d'arcatures); used as a pax (baiser de paix) (Back)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

17.190.270

Ivory;copper-gilt frame;wood (backing)

Height: 109mm
Width: 82mm
Depth: 11mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Baptist holding the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei); saint Catherine of Alexandria holding the wheel and a martyr's palm; rugged cross.
Pointed trefoils.

Koechlin Number: 0889

Koechlin 1924: France, late 14th or early 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France or Netherlands, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
The back is hidden by the metal frame. Traces of a lost handle seem to indicate that this piece was once used as a pax.

Object Condition
Right hand of Christ broken.

Provenance
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), New York and London; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 332; II, no. 889; III, pl. CLX.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 140.

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