Bishop on horseback with mitre and crozier; soldiers holding weapons including crossbows; men holding books.
Dalton 1909: German, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: German (South), 14th-15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: back of the mitre.
The heads of a number of the smaller figures are worn or damaged.
Comments
Related to a chess piece in the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Berlin (Inv. 667).
Provenance
Acquired in Venice. Collection of A. W. Franks (b. 1826, d. 1897): donated to the British Museum in 1857.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 393, Pl. XCIII
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 247.
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