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Knop, 5 faces (?)

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Subject
Secular.

Repository Institution
museum.antwerpen.be

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Antwerp, Museum Mayer van den Bergh

MMB.0454

Ivory

Height: 15mm

Five human faces (masks).

De Coo 1969: France (?): 1st third of the 16th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (?), 1st quarter of the 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Comments
Hole down the centre.

Provenance
Purchased before 1901 by Fritz Mayer van den Bergh (b. 1858, d. 1901), Antwerp; upon his death, his mother Henriëtte had a purpose-built museum erected (1901-1904) to house his collection.

Bibliography
J. De Coo, Catalogue du Musée Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp, 1933, no. 224.
J. De Coo, Museum Mayer Van den Bergh, Catalogus 2. Beeldhouwkunst, plaketten, antiek (Antwerp, 1969), no. 2284.

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