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Fragments of a casket (?) (Front)

Fragments of a casket (?) (Front)
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Front

Subject
Secular.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 100mm

Two lions.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (red).

Reverse
Attachment finials projecting from their backs.

Comments
These were possibly supports from a caskets.

Provenance
Stoclet collection: one of a set of four sold, Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1965, lot 38. Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2003, lot 11.


Image

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