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Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

Knife handle (manche de couteau) (Front)

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Secular.

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Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Inv. F 10

Ivory or bone (?)

Height: 100mm
Width: 34mm
Depth: 8mm (ivory only)
Weight: 86.7g

Standing crowned lady with a hawk on her wrist; lady holding a lure for hawks.

Museum's opinion 2013: Belgium or France, c. 1375-1400.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Corrosion on the base.

Provenance
Collection of J. W. Frederiks, on loan to the Rotterdam Museum (in 1987); donated to the Museum in 1994.

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