Attack on a castle; tower with battlements; soldiers in armour; crossbows; swords; shields.
Foliated decoration.
Randall 1993: English (?), 1140-1210.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: one side very damaged.
Provenance
Drouot, Paris, 10 June 1988, lot 76. Private collection, New York (in 1993; bought from Edward R. Lubin, New York, in 1989).
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 176.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 245.
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