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 204
Behindhim, resting her left hand upon hisshoulder, stands a female figure,with a scroll inscribed A NONPLVS A, and on the backgroundabove her head is the word PIT IE.To right and left are columns, andabove the niche two large dolphins.On the base of the altar arc engraveda crescent and a star.… … 150 IVORY CARVINGS A narrow piece has been broken off on the left side from top to bottom and replaced. A smalltriangular piece near the bottom left-hand corner is a restoration. This ivory is of an unusual character; but although it has features which at first sight arousesuspicion, there seem to…
Ivories · Art
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