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Knife handle (manche de poignard) (Side)

Knife handle (manche de poignard) (Side)
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Side 1

Side 2

Side

Subject
Secular. Mythology. Saints.

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Pesaro, Biblioteca e Musei Oliveriani

Inv. 3852 (3706)

Ivory

Height: 134mm
Width: 47-55mm diameter

Side 1: Hercules and the Nemean lion.
Side 2: saint George and the dragon; sword; horse.
Top: dragon attacking a lion.
Trees. Foliated decoration. Snake entwined with a tree.

Alessandroni 2012: Centre-North Italy, 1st half of the 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: Italian (Tuscany), 2nd half of the 15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: lion's head.

Provenance
Collection of Annibale degli Abbati Olivieri Giordani (b. 1708, d. 1789); donated by him in 1756 to the city of Pesaro.

Bibliography
Un ricordo di Annibale Degli Abbati Olivieri Giordani (1708-1789), ed. by A. Brancati, exhibition catalogue, Pesaro, 27 September-30 November 1994, p. 52.
Atlante del Gotico nelle Marche. Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino (Milan, 2004), I, pp. 118-119 (B. Montevecchi).
La stanza degli avori: preziose creazioni eburnee sacre e profane tra Pesaro e Urbino, exhibition catalogue, Pesaro, Museo Diocesano, 8 May-16 September 2012, pp. 22-23 (F. Alessandroni).


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