Gothic Ivories Project | Chess piece or dagger handle

Chess piece or dagger handle

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Subject
Secular.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Ivory

Height: 36mm
Width: 40mm
Depth: 24mm

Lion attacking a man; soldier with shield.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Hole of the nerve right through the whole piece.

Provenance
Private collection, London: bought, Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2003, lot 12.

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