Gothic Ivories Project | Pax, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax, 1 register, 1 ogee arch across (baiser de paix) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 98 mm
Width: 75 mm

Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; saint John the Evangelist kneeling at the foot of the cross; skull of Adam at the foot of the cross; sun and moon.
Crosshatched background. Tracery. Row of blind arches in the spandrels. Foliated border. Inscription: 'PAX VOBIS'.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved.

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

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 22 March 1966, lot 17. Sotheby's, London 8 December 1988, lot 23.

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