Staff Head or Sword Pommel with Animals among Foliage
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Staff Head or Sword Pommel with Animals among Foliage
1868, after original of late 12th century
Plaster cast of original ivory carving
State:
Reproduction
2 5/16 in. x 4 3/4 in. (5.93 cm x 12.07 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
1868.3.a
Acquisition Date:
1908
Geography:
Europe, Norway
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts; Sculptures; Fictile Ivories
Culture/Nationality:
Norwegian
Collection:
Fictile Ivories
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- casts - Sculptural works or reproductions made by casting. In industrial and building trade contexts, prefer "castings."
- Casts
- figurative art - Art that portrays forms recognizably derived from objective sources, in however altered or distorted form. Includes but not limited to representations of the human figure.
- Plaster casts
- representation - A manner of expression by the artist in which the subject matter is presented so that the observer is reminded of actual visible forms. However, the subject represented may or may not exist in the visible world. For example, representations may include presentations of subject matter that are invisible to the eye, such as emotions or imaginary events, as if they are visible.
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Bibliography List
The following Bibliography exist for this object:
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J. O. Westwood,
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum
G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoods.
London, England, 1876
Page Number: 169, no. 378 -
Else Roesdahl
and David M. Wilson.
From Viking to Crusader
Rizzoli.
New York, NY, 1992
Page Number: 390, no. 612
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