Oliphant
BackDescription:
Ivory oliphant (drinking horn); carved decoration with a frieze of water buffaloes and gazelles counchant against a spiral scroll ground, with two repousse silver bands with scrolls or vine scrolls and a ring for slinging on each.
Object type: | oliphant |
Museum number: | OA+.1302 |
Culture/period: | Islamic |
Date: | 11thC-12thC |
Materials: | elephant ivory, silver |
Technique: | carved, repoussé |
Dimensions: | Diameter: 8.00 cm (mouth) Length: 46.50 cm (ca) |
Location: | 20 |
Subjects: | cattle |
Curator's comments:
Originally regarded as of Sicilian style and dating to the 11th-12th centuries. Its pair is in Aachen (cf. E. Kuhnel, 'Die Islamischen Elfenbeinskulturen', cat.55)
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