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Pyxis (pyxide) (Side)

Pyxis (pyxide) (Side)
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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

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Zagreb, Muzej Mimara

Inv. ATM 970

Ivory;metal (fittings)

Height: 59 mm

Adoration of the Magi with Joseph; throne. Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body).
Angels holding a crowned coat of arms; foliated decoration; crouching figures on either side of the lock projection and at the back.
Lid decorated with quatrefoils.

Ribičić-Županić 2007 and 2008: Flemish (?), 16th century (?).


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Green staining and holes indicate the former presence of metal fittings. Holes for the missing lock.

Provenance
Collection of Octave Homberg (b. 1876, d. 1941), Paris: sold, Paris, 11-16 May 1908, lot 494 (purchased by Gradt?). Collection of Ante Topić Mimara (b. 1898, d. 1987): donated to the Croatian people in 1973; foundation of the museum in 1980 and opening to the public in 1987.

Bibliography
A. Ribičić-Županić, Vodič, Muzej Mimara, Zagreb (Zagreb, 1998), p. 106.
A. Ribičić-Županić, Poljubac mira, Informatica Museologica 32 (1-2) (Zagreb, 2001), pp. 170-171.
Guide Muzej Mimara, ed. by T. Lukšić (Zagreb, 2003), no. 163.
A. Ribičić-Županić, Odabrani predmeti od bjelokosti u Muzeju Mimara (Zagreb, 2007), no. 12.
Imaginarni svijet zagonetnih predmeta od bjelokosti, kosti i rožina - The Enigmatic Imagery of Ivory, Horn, Antler and Bone Artefacts, ed. by A. Ribičić-Županić (Zagreb, 2008), no. 11.


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