Pendant Medallion with the Last Judgment, ca. 1420, Made in Paris, France, French, Ivory, paint, and silver-gilt mount, Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in. (8 x 6 x 1.2 cm), Ivories, The short supply of elephant tusks in northern Europe in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries led patrons and artisans to treat ivory almost as a precious stone. The pierced micro-carving of small sections of ivory in addition to bright layers of polychromy and rich gilding emulated the precious ronde bosse enamels that were the height of fashion at the turn of the fifteenth century
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Pendant Medallion, Last Judgment, ca, 1420, Paris, France, French, Ivory, paint, silver-gilt mount, Overall, 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 1/2, 8 6 1.2 cm, Ivories, short, supply, elephant tusks, northern Europe, late fourteenth, early fifteenth, centuries, led, patrons, artisans, treat ivory, almost, precious stone, pierced micro-carving, small sections, ivory, addition, bright layers, polychromy, rich gilding, emulated, ronde, bosse, enamels, height, fashion, turn, fifteenth century
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