Armed soldiers attacking a castle; shields; female head.
Dalton 1909: Italy, late 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Italy, late 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Flat with a band of diagonal scoring. Label with ink inscription: '3735'.
Object Condition
Missing: teeth and right side of the comb.
This fragment was cut through the thickness of the ivory in order to make two panels.
Comments
The original reverse of the present panel is certainly 1894,0518.30 (Dalton 414), also in the British Museum.
Provenance
Collection of Dr Robert Forrer (b. 1866, d. 1947): purchased from him by the museum in 1894.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 413.
J. Warren, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, 3 vols (Oxford, 2014), Vol. 2: Sculptures in Stone, Clay, Ivory, Bone and Wood, pp. 528-529, in relation to no. 152.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 212.
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