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Falcon-hood stand (Side, right)
Falcon-hood stand (Side, right)
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Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

Inv. 133/AV

Ivory

Height: 95mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 70mm

Head of hawk with inscription 'A.STORE.DA.MAN.E'.

Mallé 1969 and Turin 1996: Northern Italy, 1st half of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: Northern Italy (Lombardy), 1st half of the 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Accorsi label with inscription '5024' and '178' (former Museum number used from ca. 1950 to 1987). Carved in the round.

Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 178.

Provenance
Collection of princes Trivulzio (Milan); bought from prince Luigi Alberico Trivulzio through the antique dealer Pietro Accorsi (Turin) in 1940.

Bibliography
V. Viale, 'I principali incrementi del Museo Civico', in Bollettino della Società Piemontese d'Archeologia e Belle Arti (Turin, 1948), p. 26.
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), p. 311, pl. 165 (as Inv. 178).
Il tesoro della città. Opere d'arte e oggetti preziosi da Palazzo Madama, ed. by S. Pettenati, G. Romano, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Palazzo Madama-Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, 1996, no. 400.


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