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Hair parter (gravoir) (Side)

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Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Lion.
Foliated capital.

Gay 1887: 16th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Northern Italian, late 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of Victor Gay, Paris (in 1887).

Bibliography
V. Gay, Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, I (Paris, 1887-1928), p. 794.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 222.

Image

Out of copyright. From V. Gay, Glossaire archéologique du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, I (Paris, 1887-1928).

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