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Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)

Pax (baiser de paix) (Front)
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Subject
Religious. Life of the Virgin.

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Zagreb, Muzej Mimara

Inv. ATM 988

Ivory

Height: 106 mm
Width: 74 mm
Depth: 11 mm (max)

Coronation of the Virgin; angel crowning the Virgin; orb and cross; blessing gesture.
Crosshatched background.

Guide 2003: France or Flanders, late 15th century.
Ribičić-Županić 2007 and 2008: Flanders, 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Curved. The handle which was originally set into a chamfered slot in the back has been lost.

Provenance
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. 103.
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. 159.
A. Ribičić-Županić, Odabrani predmeti od bjelokosti u Muzeju Mimara (Zagreb, 2007), pp. 35-39 and no. 11.
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. 8.


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