Inv. 698
Attack on the Castle of Love; knights in armour assaulting the castle; knights on horseback; ladies throwing roses on the attackers; shields with flowers; knights in armour fighting with swords.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Bologna 1959: late 14th century.
Marciano c. 1992-1994: Paris, c. 1320-1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Edges chipped.
Missing: four corner terminals.
Provenance
Collection of Pelagio Pelagi (no. 249); this collection was acquired by the Comune di Bologna in 1860 and subsequently divided between the Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio, the Museo Civico Archeologico and the Museo Civico Medievale of Bologna.
Bibliography
P. Ducati, Guida del Museo Civico di Bologna (Bologna, 1923), p. 185.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 406; II, no. 1082; III, pl. CLXXXV.
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 112, pl. 21.
A. Marciano, Avori gotici - entry no. 8 (Museo Civico Medievale), Catalogo dei Musei Civici d'Arte Antica di Bologna (unpublished, [c. 1992-1994]).
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