Inv. 2037
Monster swallowing the base of the volute; volute ending in a monster head (dragon).
Painted inscription: 'ecce Agnus Dei qui tollit peccata mundi'.
Bologna 1959: 13th century.
Bologna 2000: Northern Italy, 1250s-1260s.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of gilding and polychromy. Painted inscription: 'ecce Agnus Dei qui tollit peccata mundi'.
Reverse
Carved on all sides.
Object Condition
Missing: foliated decoration around the volute.
Provenance
Collection of Pelagio Pelagi (no. 152); this collection was acquired by the Comune di Bologna in 1860 and subsequently divided between the Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio, the Museo Civico Archeologico and the Museo Civico Medievale of Bologna.
Bibliography
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 98.
Duecento. Forme e colori del medioevo a Bologna, dir. M. Medica, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico, 2000, no. 80, p. 267.
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