Gothic Ivories Project | Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Back)

Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Back)

Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (plaquette; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes; baiser de paix) (Back)

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Subject
Religious.

Private collection, France (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 128mm
Width: 68mm (max)
Depth: 6mm

Crucifixion, with spear pointing towards the Virgin's chest; sun.
Pointed trefoils.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Smooth. Rounded longer edges. Remains of a chamfered slot in the back for a handle, indicating that this piece originally was a pax.

Object Condition
Missing: right side of the panel, including saint John the Evangelist.

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