Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: Phyllis's right forearm and part of the whip. Left hand chipped.

Comments
Phyllis wears a chaplet with pierced holes.

Provenance
In the possession of John Webb (b. 1799, d. 1880), London, by 1862: purchased from him by the Museum in 1867.

Bibliography
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Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged according to the dates of their acquisition (London, 1868), I, p. 12.
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 117.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 418, 427, 440; II, no. 1138; III, pl. CXC.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 49.
O. Beigbeder, Ivory (New York, 1965), pp. 75-76.
L. Martini and C. Rizzardi (eds), Avori bizantini e medievali nel museo nazionale di Ravenna (Ravenna, 1990), p. 106.
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P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 220.