Inv. 71.300
Ivory;glass inlay (eyes of the eagle and dragon;remains of decoration along the base of the volute and the upper part of the shaft)
Eagle with a book, symbol of saint John the Evangelist; Evangelist symbol; head of monster; four acanthus leaves.
Randall 1985: Italian (?), 13th century. Stylistically related to Sicilian ivories. Close to British Museum, Dalton 75.
Museum's opinion 2010: Italian (?), 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces within the volute and on the eagle. Inscription on the book: 'IONES/EVANG' or 'IOHES/EVANG'.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
The base of the volute and the upper part of the shaft are carved with ovals originally filled with glass paste (largely missing).
Comments
The eyes of the eagle and dragon inlaid with glass.
Provenance
Bought by Henry Walters from Henry Daguerre in Paris before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, Medieval Ivories in the Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, 1969), no. 7.
R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 260.
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