Inv. 677 (almost completely destroyed)
King holding a sword; king with a hawk on his wrist; soldiers in armour; shields.
Westwood 1876 and Vöge 1900: Germany (?), 14th century.
Volbach 1923: Germany, 14th century.
Dokumentation 2006: Germany, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding (Volbach 1923).
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Almost completely destroyed during WWII: two fragments have survived.
Provenance
Already part of the Kunstkammer in 1825; undocumented after 7 April 1945; brought to Wiesbaden in 1946; returned to Berlin-Dahlem in 1958.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 818 ('73.305).
W. Vöge, Die Königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Beschreibung der Bildwerke der christlichen Epochen. Zweite Auflage. Elfenbeinwerke (Berlin, 1900), no. 123.
W. F. Volbach, Die Bildwerke des Deutschen Museums, Die Elfenbeinbildwerke (Berlin, 1923), pp. 51-52, pl. 35.
Dokumentation der Verluste. Skulpturensammlung, VII: Skulpturen, Möbel (Berlin, 2006), p. 242.
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