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Knife handle or hair parter (manche de couteau; gravoir) (Front)

Knife handle or hair parter (manche de couteau; gravoir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Hunting scene. Courtly love.

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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 06/58

Bone

Height: 95mm
Width: 16mm
Depth: 8mm

Standing lady or youth with a hawk on her wrist; lady or youth wearing a chaplet pierced with small holes.

Comte and Gaborit-Chopin 1987: late 13th-early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Western Germany, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round but lower relief on the back.

Object Condition
Missing: lower part of the piece.

Bibliography
F. Comte and D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Un gravoir médiéval au faubourg de l'Évière d'Angers (Maine et Loire)', in Revue archéologique de l'ouest 4 (1987), pp. 149-152 (figs. 2-3 and p. 151). Accessible online via Persée website: http://www.persee[...]

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