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Knife handle (Side)

Knife handle (Side)
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Subject
Secular.

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Florence, Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Inv. 1719 C

Ivory;iron (blade)

Height: 473mm (including blade)

Lion head.

Supino 1898: 9th century.
Salvatici 1999: French (?), 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.

Bibliography
G. Sangiorgi, La Collection Carrand au Bargello (Rome, 1895), p. 30, pl. 80.
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del R. Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Rome, 1898), p. 326, no 1719.
L. G. Boccia, Nove secoli di armi da caccia (Florence, 1967), no. 15a
L. Salvatici, Posate, pugnali, coltelli da caccia del Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, 1999), p. 76, no. 73.


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