Seven-headed beast of the Apocalypse (monster; winged dragon; lion's feet).
Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: one of the heads.
Cavity underneath.
Provenance
Collection of Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (in 1964)
Bibliography
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.51, p. 20.
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