Knight in armour killing a wild man with his sword; wild man holding a club; fountain; trees. Knight and an old man (hermit?) holding a key.
Westwood 1876: France(?), 13th century.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: 1st half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: French (Paris), 2nd quarter of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Some scoring on the edges.
Object Condition
Some cracks on surface.
Four holes.
Provenance
Collection of Ralph Bernal (b. 1783, d. 1854), London: Bernal sale, Christie & Manson, London, 21 March 1855, lot 1622. John Webb collection; bought from him by the British Museum through Christie's in 1855.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 686 ('65.109).
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 369, pl. LXXXVII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 504, 505, 506; II, no. 1298.
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