Head of man (x5), including head of cleric (x2); head of woman (x5), including head of queen (x2);
Primary bead: Betrayal (Kiss of Judas; Taking of Christ) (according to Dalton).
Dalton 1909: Flemish, c. 1500.
Museum's opinion 2014: Belgium, c. 1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Donated by William Burges, Esq., in 1879.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 575, pl. CVI.
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