Inv. 153/AV
Couple embracing (Adam and Eve?); couple holding a bird; tree.
Foliated decoration.
Mallé 1969 and Museum's opinion 2010: Northern Italy, 2nd half of the 15th century (?).
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round. Later inscription in red on the back of the male figure: '807' (original Museum number used until ca. 1950). On a small label, 18th-century inscription: 'Amor Coniugale'.
Comments
Known between ca. 1950 and 1987 as Inv. 33.
Provenance
Acquired in 1878.
Bibliography
L. Mallé, Smalti-Avori. Museo d'Arte Antica (Turin, 1969), p. 310, pl. 166.
Avori bizantini e medievali nel museo nazionale di Ravenna, ed. by L. Martini and C. Rizzardi (Ravenna, 1990), p. 122, fig. 52.
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