Gothic Ivories Project | Knife handle or handle of a hair parter (gravoir) (Front, detail)

Knife handle or handle of a hair parter (gravoir) (Front, detail)

Knife handle or handle of a hair parter (gravoir) (Front, detail)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
www.liebieghaus.de

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Frankfurt am Main, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung

Inv. 2489

Ivory

Height: 66mm
Width: 16mm
Depth: 15mm

Standing prophet holding a scroll.

Museum's opinion 2012: Central Italy, 1st quarter of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red (cloak); brown (hair and beard); green (robe).

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
In the old inventory.

Bibliography
W. Schenkluhn, Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke, vol. I: Mittelalter. 11. Jahrhundert bis 1530/40 (Melsungen, 1987), no. 123, pp. 205-206.

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