casket

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Object Type
Museum number: 1855,1201.37
Description: Panel from casket; ivory; knight, dismounted from horse, runs sword through body of wild man who wields club; fountain in foreground; right, separated from former by tree, same knight grasping hand of bearded figure carrying key.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1325-1350 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 92 millimetres; Weight: 123 grammes; Width: 135 millimetres; Depth: 7 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (369); Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français (1298)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Four small holes in panel, some cracking of surface.
Subjects: knight; horse/ass
Acquisition name: Purchased from: John Webb; Purchased through: Christie's
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1855
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1855,1201.37
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BL.1628 (Bernal Collection)

Free entry