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Subject Secular.
Unknown location
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Walrus ivory (?)
Height: 78 mm
Standing soldier in armour; sword; shield.
Attribution Unknown
Reverse Carved in the round.
Object Condition Base chipped.
Comments The eyes of this figure were originally inlaid with jet or possibly mica beads, now missing.
Provenance Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2013, lot 9.
© Courtesy of Sotheby’s.
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