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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side)

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Subject
Secular.

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Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum

Inv. F 2710

Steel;silver;ivory

Height: 205 mm (total)
Width: 22 mm (handle)
Depth: 10 mm (handle)

Animal (dog?).

Kryzhanovskaya 2014: Italy (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: head.
Vertical cracks.

Provenance
Collection of Counts Shuvalov, Saint Petersburg; acquired by the Hermitage in 1900.

Bibliography
M. Kryzhanovskaya, Western European Medieval Ivories. Catalogue of the Collection (Зaпaднoeврoпeйскaя рeзнaя кoстъ Срeдних вeкoв. Кataлoг кoллeкции), (Saint Peterburg, 2014), no. 162.

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