Heads: king; alternate heads of men and women.
Openwork bead: betrayal (Taking of Christ; Kiss of Judas).
Pendant: crucifix.
Dalton 1909: Flemish, about 1500.
Museum's opinion 2011: Northern French or Flemish, about 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Comments
The beads are joined by wire links with a garnet between each pair.
Provenance
Collection of William Burges (b. 1827, d. 1881); British Museum, by donation, 1879.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 475, pl. CVI.
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