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Knife handle (?) (Side)

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Side

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Subject
Secular.

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Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

Inv. MA 181

Ivory

Height: 98mm
Weight: 43,9g

Three Virtues: Justice holding scales; unidentified figure with a hawk and dog (?); Hope with an anchor.
Lion.

Museum's opinion 2013: 15th century (?).

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Worn.

Provenance
Acquired by the Museum before 1890.

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