Man fighting a dragon. Capital.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: 19th century (style of the 15th century).
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Crack in the upper part. Tip damaged.
Comments
This piece is very long for a gravoir.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot, Paris (no. 287); gift of A.-C. Sauvageot, 1856.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 419, n. 7; II, no. 1145A, pl. CLXXXIX.
A. Sauzay, Musée impérial du Louvre. Catalogue du musée Sauvageot (Paris, 1861), no. 287.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 133.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 81.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 295.
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