Inv. A.5675
Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Titulus with inscription 'INRI'.
Foliated decoration; twisted columns; crosshatched background.
Gourdou 1988: early 16th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.
Object Condition
Worn.
Two holes in the upper part of the piece.
Missing: upper border and right corner.
Provenance
Collection of Jules Pellisson (b. 1839, d. 1915), judge at the Périgueux tribunal and member of the Société historique et archéologique du Périgord: his bequest to the museum in 1916.
Bibliography
C. Gourdou, Les baisers de paix d'ivoire de la fin du Moyen Age dans les collections françaises (unpublished dissertation, Ecole du Louvre, Paris, 1988), no. 33, pl. LII.
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