Inv. WA1947.191.221
Saint Martin and the beggar.
Columns; foliated decoration; crosshatched background.
On left side running upwards incised inscription: 'Guinest' (?).
Warren 2014: Flanders or France, c. 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Curved. Ivory handle.
Object Condition
Splits in the ivory, one running down from top centre.
Repair at bottom edge of the handle, using a new piece of ivory.
Provenance
Collection of David Black, in 1946. Collection of John Francis Mallett; his bequest to the Museum in 1947.
Bibliography
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, no. 183.
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