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Pyx, with band of rosettes (pyxide; décor de roses) (Top)

Pyx, with band of rosettes (pyxide; décor de roses) (Top)
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Subject
Religious. Passion.

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Warsaw, Museum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum)

Inv. 158820

Ivory;silver (later lid and fittings)

Height: 53mm
Width: 104mm (diameter)

Flagellation; whips. Carrying of the Cross with the Virgin helping Christ. Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist; Longinus with spear kneeling in prayer; Stephaton giving Christ vinegar; Stephaton holding a bucket. Deposition with the Virgin holding Christ's hand; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body; man with pincers removing the nail from Christ's feet. Entombment (Anointing of Christ's body).

Museum's opinion 2012: Rhineland, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Comments
The silver fittings and lid were made by Andreas Richter Jr in 1686, as indicated by the incised inscriptions on the lid: 'ECCE AGNUS DEI QUI TOLLIT PECCATA MUNDI. Johann.I.v.29', and on the bottom: 'CIBUS ESURIENTIUM FIDE MEDIATOREM AD 1686'.

Provenance
From the church of saint Peter and saint Paul in Görlitz; Städtische Kunstsammlungen Görlitz; brought to the National Museum in Warsaw in 1945.

Bibliography
H. Lutsch, Verzeichnis der Kunstdenkmäler der Provintz Schlesien (Breslau, 1891), III. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Landkreise des Reg.-Beriks Liegnitz, p. 653.


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