IMAGO PIETATIS Venetian school, 15th century

Ae casting pax with traces of gilding; 110.5 x 71 mm; 153.9 g; natural yellowish patina. Half-length Christ emerges from the tomb; behind hanging shroud. Dotted background, double foliage frame and smooth external edge, in the bottom a garland between two cherub faces. On the reverse hook handle. Fine, very rare ancient casting. Bibl. Rossi F. coll Scaglia n III.9 variant B; Kress 1975, 345; Molthein, 1926, n. 60