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Comb

Comb

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (northern, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1400 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Ivory

  • Museum number:

    151-1879

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case 8

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This comb depicts on one side four male and four female figures approaching from opposite sides of a fountain (the Fountain of Youth?). On the other side, Knights are rewarded for their valour.

Place of Origin

Italy (northern, made)

Date

ca. 1400 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Ivory

Dimensions

Length: 17 cm, Width: 13.5 cm

Descriptive line

Ivory comb with four male and four female figures on one side and on the other Knights rewarded for their valour, North Italy, late 14th or early 15th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired in the Year 1879. London, 1880, pp. 14
Longhurst, M. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory London: V&A, 1929. pp. 68
Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age. Princeton, 1997, pp. 260
Semper, G. Zeitschrift des Ferdinandeums. III, heft 40 1896, No.5, pp. 176

Materials

Ivory

Techniques

Carving

Categories

Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

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Qr_O93887
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