Gothic Ivories Project | Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

Rosary bead, 3 faces (chapelet) (Side 2)

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Subject
Secular. Religious. Secular.

Repository Institution
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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Inv. 1957.35

Ivory

Side 1: bust of a bishop; mitre; cross.
Side 2: bust of a veiled lady.
Side 3: bust of a lady.
Foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2015: Netherlands, early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Pierced vertically down the middle.
Foliated decoration chipped.

Comments
Holes filled with an inlaid black substance.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum in 1957. [Provenance information not yet communicated]

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