Gothic Ivories Project | Rounded-top panel (fragment of a diptych), 1 register; reused as a pax (baiser de paix) (Back)

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st quarter of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st third of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Chamfered outer edges.

Object Condition
Outer edges bevelled. The panel was originally oblong but it was changed into a rounded- top piece. Traces of the original trefoil arch (or is it a trace left by the metal pax frame in which it was kept?) and of one colonnette are still visible on the background. Notch at top, middle.

Comments
This diptych wing was given this rounded shape and inserted into a metal frame with a handle at the back to be converted into a pax.

Provenance
Félix Doistau collection, Paris; gift of Félix Doistau to the Musée du Louvre, 1919.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 205; II, no. 500.
C. Vivet, 'Les Baisers de Paix en ivoire de la fin du Moyen Âge dans les collections publiques françaises', in Mémoires de l'École du Louvre, 1993, no. 1.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 151.

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