Gothic Ivories Project | Dagger handle (Side 1)

Dagger handle (Side 1)

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Ivory

Side 1: standing figure; figure holding a staff; trees.
Side 2: not seen.
Top: lion; naked figure; tree.

Williamson and Davies 2014: Northern Italian (probably Venice), 1360-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Mège, Paris (c. 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 422 n. 5.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 226.

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