King. Dragon.
		      
                      
                      
		      
                    
		    Dalton 1909: English, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: English: 15th century.
		      
		     
                      
		    
		      
		      
			
			  Attribution
			  Unknown
			
		      
		      
		      
                      
		      
                      
                      
		      
			
			  Reverse
			  Flat and smooth. Inscription, 'XXII'.
			
		      
                      
                      
		      
			
			  Object Condition
			  Possibly burnt. Left side repaired.  
Crack along the dragon and in the lower left side of the piece.
			
		      
                      
                      
		      
			
			  Comments
			  Loop for suspension at top.
			
		      
                      
                      
		      
			
			  Provenance
			  Collection of Sir William Hamilton (b. 1730, d. 1803); British Museum, by purchase, 1772.
			
		      
                      
                      
		      
			
			  Bibliography
			  O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 257.
			
		      
		     
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