German carved ivory bust of a king

An image of Sculpture. Bust of a King. The sitter is crowned and has a thick curly forked beard. He wears a furred cloak. Carved ivory in the round, height, whole, 4 1/2 in, circa 1500-1600. German.

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Sculpture. Bust of a King. The sitter is crowned and has a thick curly forked beard. He wears a furred cloak. Carved ivory in the round, height, whole, 4 1/2 in, circa 1500-1600. German.

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Accession Number: M.15-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 798 pixels
Image width: 641 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 465.33kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2013:01:24 12:18:13

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16th Century bearded beards bust carved crown crowned faces Fitz_AA fur cloak fur collar German heads ivory kings male monarchs monarchy royal royalty sculpture

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