Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case, frame of 7 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 7 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 7 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Courting couples (meeting of lovers); youth chucking his lover under the chin; couple conversing; tree.
Masks in spandrels. Foliated corner terminals.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.

Object Condition
Upper right and lower right foliated corner terminals broken.
Pierced with two holes for suspension.

Provenance
Chartres, 28 April 1991, lot 18. Les Enluminures, Paris, May 2005, lot 25. On the art market in Belgium, June 2012.

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