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

Pax, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; baiser de paix) (Front)
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Subject
Religious.

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Maaseik, Musea Maaseik

Inv. MM/0013/0003

Ivory

Height: 109mm
Width: 82mm
Depth: 12mm

Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Pointed trefoils. Border of dentils.

KIK/IRPA 2013: Mosan, c. 1330.
Museum's opinion 2013: Mosan or French, 2nd half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Longer edges chamfered. The crosshatching along a vertical axis in the lower centre at the back of the piece indicates that a handle was originally glued in this place. Small label with inscription: '+ [?] 29'.

Object Condition
Two later holes in the upper part of the panel, for hanging (visible from the back).

Provenance
Gift of Joseph Gielen on 25 February 1907.

Bibliography
KIK/IRPA database: http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html [accessed October 2013].


Image

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