Crowned crouching lion.
Foliated capital.
Longhurst 1929: Italy, 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: Northern Italian, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Numerous vertical surface cracks. Crown chipped at the back.
Provenance
Probably in the possession of John Webb (b. 1799, d. 1880), London: probably purchased from him by the Museum in 1861.
Bibliography
Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged according to the dates of their acquisition (London, 1868), I, p. 20.
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 27.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 62.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 222, see also no. 221 and 223.
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