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Relief (appliqué) (Back)

Relief (appliqué) (Back)
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Front

End, right

End, left

Subject
Secular.

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Basel, Historisches Museum Basel

1884.142.

Walrus ivory

Height: 46mm
Width: 60mm
Depth: 25mm
Weight: 48.8g

Unicorn; trees.

Museum's opinion 2010: late 15th or early 16th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Reverse rough and uncarved. Label with ink inscription: '1884 142'. Ends carved.

Provenance
Probably from the Cabinet of Basilius Amerbach. Donation to the Museum by Mrs Buxtorf-Falkeisen in 1884.

Bibliography
E. Landolt, F. Ackermann, Sammeln in der Renaissance. Das Amerbach-Kabinett. Die Objekte im Historischen Museum Basel (Basel, 1991), pp. 78-79.


Image

© Historisches Museum Basel. Photograph Ph. Emmel.

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