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Octagonal base

Octagonal base
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Walrus ivory

Height: 57mm
Width: 63mm

Longinus on horseback with spear; Stephaton and two knights; four lions; trees.
Part of a Crucifixion scene.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Comments
This base was originally used as a pedestal for a crucifixion scene.

Provenance
Collection of Count Erbach. Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1971, lot 5.


Image

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