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Fragment of a reliquary (?) (Side)

Fragment of a reliquary (?) (Side)
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Subject
Secular.

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Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inv. W-1969,17

Walrus ivory

Height: 20mm
Width: 145mm
Depth: 19mm

Lion heads.

Berlin 1970 and Museum's opinion 2012: Northern France or Cologne (?), 1st half of 13th century (?).


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round. Modern label with inscription on the bottom: 'BODEMVONDST BOERENBURGER WEG NOORDWYK / 1952'.

Object Condition
Traces of iron nails.

Comments
This piece may have been part of a reliquary. The lions have drilled pupils.

Provenance
Found during excavations in Noordwijk, Netherlands; collection of G. W. Oelze, Bremen; acquired by the Museum on 10 May 1969.

Bibliography
Europäisches Kunsthandwerk vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Neuerwerbungen 1959-1969, exhibition catalogue, Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, 1970, no. 2 (K. Herding).


Image

© Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photography: Stefan Büchner.

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