Inv. 16120
Standing bishop with mitre and crozier; foliated decoration.
Westwood 1876: Germany (?), 13th century.
Liebgott 1985: Denmark or Rhineland area, end of the 13th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: England or Scandinavia, 1350-1400.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Carved on both sides
Provenance
Belonged to the Cistercian Abbey church of Løgum in Sønderjylland. Recorded in the inventory of 1857 of Museet for Nordiske Oldsager (Museum of Northern Antiquities 1819-1892).
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 748-749 ('73.263-264).
K. Berg, 'Digby-staven. Norsk benskurd fra middelalderen?', in Kunst og Kultur, XL (1957), pp. 217-230.
T. E. Christiansen, Nationalmuseets vejledning til Danmarks Middelal (Copenhagen, 1972), p. 33.
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 49, fig. 44.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 153.
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