Gothic Ivories Project | Hair parter handle or knife handle (gravoir) (Back)

Hair parter handle or knife handle (gravoir) (Back)

Hair parter handle or knife handle (gravoir) (Back)

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Front

Back, detail

Links

Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
www.valencia.es

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www.valencia.es

Valencia, Museu d'Història de València-Museo de Historia

Inv. 2/202

Bone

Height: 85mm
Width: 22mm
Depth: 10mm

Standing lady holding a small dog; plaited hair; crown (?).

Museum's opinion 2013: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: lower left part of the figure.

Provenance
Found during excavations of the city of Valencia in 1993.

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