Regalia of Russian Tsars
Ivan IV the Terrible
Throne

Throne. Western Europe, XVIth century. Belonged to Tsar Ivan the Terrible

 

The most ancient ceremonial throne of Russia of the mid XVIth century is an example of the Renaissance culture. It is shaped as a chair and adorned with ivory and walrus bone  plates with carved mythological, heraldic and life scenes. Plates with King David’s life should be mentioned particularly as King David had been worshipped in Russia.