Man plucking flowers from a tree; ladies making a wreath; dagger.
Pointed trefoils.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Randall 1993: France (North or Paris), 1340-1360.
Attribution
Atelier of the Boxes (Randall 1993)
Reverse
Flat and smooth. Numerous scratches and traces of erased inscription. Modern handwritten inscription: '181'.
Comments
Lacking both hinges and holes, this plaque could have served as an inlay or the lid of a box (Randall 1993).
Provenance
Collection of Herrmann Sax, Vienna: Sax sale, Vienna, Miethke, 4 December 1893, lot 127, with ill. Collection of Count Gregorii Stroganoff, Rome. Bought in 1957 thanks to the Edward Drummond Libbey Endowment.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 436; II, no. 1188.
R. H. Randall, 'Medieval Ivories in the Romance tradition', in Gesta, 28 (1989), pp. 30-40 (p. 32, fig. 6).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 193.
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