Seated king flanked by soldiers holding spears.
Dalton 1909: Italian, 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: Spanish or French, 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round. Hole pierced through base.
Object Condition
Very worn, details of figures no longer visible.
Missing: point of the spears.
The piece is pierced with a hole down its centre.
Provenance
Collection of Major Rhode Hawkins (b. 1821, d. 1884); British Museum, by donation, 1881.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 417, pl. XCIII.
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