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Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst

Inv. 8529 (lost)

Walrus ivory

Height: 90mm

Bishop on horseback with mitre; soldiers holding weapons including crossbows.

Dokumentation 2006: Germany, 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Figdor collection, Vienna; acquired by the Museum in 1935; undocumented after 7 April 1945.

Bibliography
A. Goldschmidt, Die Elfenbeinskulpturen, 4 vols (Berlin, 1914-1926), IV, p. 8, fig. 24.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 66.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 247.


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