Gothic Ivories Project | Knife handle (Front)

Knife handle (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
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Rouen, Musée Départemental des Antiquités de la Seine-Maritime

Inv. 2007.0.45

Ivory or bone

Height: 64mm
Width: 11mm

Saint Catherine of Alexandria with wheel.

Joconde 2010: early 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.Label with blue pencil inscription in the hand of Ms Chirol: 'I. T'.

Object Condition
Remains of soil in the folds.

Provenance
Found during excavations: according to Ms Chirol, may have belonged to lot 1097, which was found on the Côte Sainte-Catherine in Rouen and sold on 2 March 1865 to M. Pottier.

Bibliography
Joconde, catalogue collectif des collections des musées de France: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm

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