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 (1909)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945, Read, Charles Hercules, Sir, 1857-1929 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 190
1541. 394. CHESS-PIECE of morse ivory: a mounted king issuing from a castle of twostoreys garrisoned with archers ; other bowmen stand at both sides of the horse,before which is a lion. Upon the riders left arm is a square panel resemblinga shield, on which are carved a human leg and a loop. The… … D ITALIAN. 395. LEAF OF a DIPTYCH: St. Anthony ami St. Francis beneath an arch withfoliations in the spandrels. St. Anthony holdsa staff with T-shaped head and a bell ; on hismantle a T is shown in gold, and a pig is athis feet. St. Francis is in monastic garb andcarries a cross and a book. The…
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