"Bronze Pax Of The Seated Virgin And Child, 15th Cent. Florentine"
Italy, Florentine, school of Benedetto da Maiano (late 15th century), The Madonna and Child, bronze pax, the Madonna and Child seated below a shell niche, 105 x 60mm (Molinier 546; Bange 327; Kress 283, fig. 27), dark patina, somewhat rubbed, plugged but a contemporary cast with later bronze loop attached to the back.