Side 1: bust of young man in profile.
Side 2: bust of woman in profile.
Foliated decoration.
Williamson 2002 and Museums opinion 2009: France, c. 1530-1540.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Comments
This bead is probably part of the same rosary as the other one featuring on this photograph (left) and also in the Wernher collection (88259070). See related object.
Provenance
Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
Bibliography
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo (May 2002), pp. 17-22 (p. 21, fig. 15).
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), p. 475, in relation to no. 164.
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