Ox, symbol of saint Luke the Evangelist; scroll with inscription 'S. LV'.
Mallé 1969: Venice, 13th or 14th century (lion).
Randall 1993: North Italian, late 13th-early 14th century.
Turin 1996: Venice, mid 13th century (lion).
Fabrizio Crivello (Turin University, unpublished, 2010): Rhenish (?), 2nd half of 12th century (lion).
Museum's opinion 2011: Italy (Venice), c. 1300.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Uncarved. Hollow and curved.
Object Condition
Missing: tail; damaged horn.
Comments
Part of the same group as Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, inv. 100 (see Related Object).
Provenance
Bought by the Museum of Fine Arts from Edward R. Lubin, New York, in 1989 (gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Falk in honour of Mr. Hanns Swarzenski).
Bibliography
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), pl. 137 (lion from the same group).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 208.
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 137 (On lion from the same group).
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