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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Leather;ivory;silver;copper

Height: 185 mm

Saint George and the dragon; sword; armour.

Koechlin Number: 0985F

Koechlin 1924: Germany, 2nd half of the 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
The blade of the sword has become detached.

Provenance
Collection of Baron Robert de Rothschild, Paris (in 1924); by descent, collection of Baron Gustave de Rothschild (A G 26 W.I). Paris. Drouot, 11 June 1997, lot 112. Drouot, Paris, 29 June 2005, lot 36.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 351; II, no. 985F.

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