Couple playing chess; courting couple; man with his left hand around the pole supporting the tent; lady holding a chess piece in her left hand.
Wavy border.
Molinier 1890: French, 14th century.
Koechlin 1906 and Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Provenance
Collection of Frédéric Spitzer, Paris: his sale, Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April 1893, lot 84. Martin Le Roy collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine (at least from 1906 to 1924).
Bibliography
La Collection Spitzer (Paris, 1890), I, no. 49 (E. Molinier).
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 55.
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 32, pl. XVII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 388; II, no. 1047.
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