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Knife handle (Front)

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Inv. 2012.0.1097

Ivory

Height: 87mm
Width: 19-27mm
Depth: 16mm (ivory only)

Three Virtues: Justice holding scales and a sword; unidentified figure (damaged); Hope with an anchor and a dove. Lion.

Koechlin Number: 1146

Koechlin 1924: Italian (?), 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
The head of the lion is broken. One of the figures damaged.

Comments
Including the blade, this piece is 163mm long.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 417; II, no. 1146.

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