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Belt pendant (Side)

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Secular.

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London, The British Museum

OA.1338 (Dalton 257)

Ivory

Height: 63mm
Width: 9mm
Depth: 7mm
Weight: 4g

King. Dragon.

Dalton 1909: English, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: English: 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Inscription, 'XXII'.

Object Condition
Possibly burnt. Left side repaired.
Crack along the dragon and in the lower left side of the piece.

Comments
Loop for suspension at top.

Provenance
Collection of Sir William Hamilton (b. 1730, d. 1803); British Museum, by purchase, 1772.

Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum, (London, 1909), no. 257.

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