Pax table with the birth of Christ, Under an accolade arch an open stable, in which Mary kneels on the right with her hands crossed in front of her breast and Joseph is sitting on a seat on the left. Between them lies the naked Christ child on a cloth held by two angels. At the top left, God the Father, from whose blessing hand rays descend upon the Child, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove flies down in the rays. Under God the Father a tree, before that a kneeling shepherd. On the roof of the stable an angel with a spell band and one with an incense burner, the heads of ox and donkey protrude through an opening in the side wall. Joseph, in monk's clothes with a travel staff in the left hand, holds a kettle in the right. The top edge of the table shows a slung band, wound around a cord, on the lower edge the inscription: GLORIA IN ECCELCI'DEO, adoration of the Christ-child by Mary and Joseph, adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds, Mary and Joseph present, Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames), Joseph Désiré de Lupus, anonymous, Northern Netherlands, c. 1480 - c. 1500, ivory, cutting, h 12.0 cm
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