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Statuette (Front)

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Subject
Secular.

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Boston, Museum of Fine Arts

58.825

Ivory

Height: 60mm
Width: 83mm

Lion.

Museum's opinion 2011: England (?), late 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Two holes on the back of the animal, one through the ivory.

Comments
Object originally came from the base of a casket.

Provenance
John Hewett, London; sold by him to Herbert Bier, London, in 1948; collection of Herbert Bier, London: gift of Herbert Bier to the Museum, in memory of Dr. Georg Swarzenski, in 1958.

Image

Photograph © 15 July 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert Bier in memory of Dr. Georg Swarzenski.

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