Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy (Volbach 1923).

Object Condition
Prior to WWII
Missing: right hand; top of the left side of the throne.

Comments
This piece seems to be part of the same ensemble as Inv. 667 (Volbach 1923), a piece in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. 213-1867) and one formerly in the von Hirsch collection (Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1978, lot 269). See Williamson and Davies 2014.
See related objects.

Provenance
Bartholdi collection; acquired by the Kunstkammer in 1828; undocumented after 7 April 1945.

Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 814 (`73.302).
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 124.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), p. 52, pl. 35.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 64.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 246.