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Pax (baiser de paix) (Side)

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Knife handle (manche de couteau)

Subject
Secular.

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Solingen, Deutsches Klingenmuseum

Inv. 1978.B.006

Ivory

Height: 134mm
Width: 48mm
Weight: 107g

Crouching winged creature (griffin?).

Museum's opinion 2013: Italian (probably Venice, 14th century).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Vertical crack.

Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby's, London, 13 April 1978, lot 51.

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