Lady holding a dog.
Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: France, mid 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Provenance
Found in the Seine at the foot of the Nesle Tower (Tour de Nesle) in Paris (according to a note by Victor Gay). Collection of Victor Gay (b. 1820, d. 1887); collection of Mrs V. Gay; sale, Paris, 23 March 1909, lot 82. Mutiaux collection (in 1924). Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 417-419; II, no. 1122; III, pl. CLCCIX.
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.50, p. 20.
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