Gothic Ivories Project | Belt pendant (Side 1)

Belt pendant (Side 1)

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Subject
Religious. Saints.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;fabric (remnants of the belt)

Height: 130mm

Side 1: Unidentified female saint holding two arrows, with a hawk on her wrist.
Side 2: not known.
Crosshatched background. Foliated decoration.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Certainly carved on both sides.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Gay (b. 1820, d. 1887), Paris; collection of Mrs V. Gay; sale, Paris, 23-26 March 1909, lot 85, pl. II.

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