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Hand (possibly fragment of a sceptre, pastoral staff or crozier; tau) (Front)

Hand (possibly fragment of a sceptre, pastoral staff or crozier; tau) (Front)
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Subject
Secular.

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Montpellier, Musée Fabre

Inv. D61.1.14

Walrus ivory;red glass or gems (lions' eyes);iron (staff)

Height: 70 mm (ivory only)
Width: 90 mm

Hand holding two lions.

D'Albenas 1898: 13th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of Dr. Calixte Cavalier; his bequest to the Bibliothèque municipale in 1898; on deposit at the Museum since 1961.

Bibliography
G. d'Albenas, Catalogue raisonné des objets d'art et de curiosité des tableaux, dessins et miniatures légués par le Dr C. Cavalier (Montpellier, 1898), no. 13.
J. Malo-Renault, Bibliothèque de Montpellier. A propos de quatre ivoires médiévaux...(1938), pp. 192-193.


Image

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