Gothic Ivories Project | Belt pendant (Side 1)

Belt pendant (Side 1)

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Side 2

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Secular.

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Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum

Inv. F 1763

Ivory

Height: 90mm
Width: 26mm
Depth: 8mm

Side 1: Ruler (king or emperor) with crown and sceptre (possibly Charlemagne?).
Side 2: Lady holding an ointment pot (possibly saint Mary Magdalene).
Twisted columns; scalloped arch; crosshatched background; foliated decoration.

Museum's opinion 2012: Flanders, c. 1520.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Upper left corner of side 1 damaged.

Provenance
Julius Böhler, Munich (art dealer); Collection of Albert Figdor, Vienna; bought by the Museum on 15 August 1935.

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