Gothic Ivories Project | Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

Panel (possibly writing tablet), 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquette; tablette à écrire) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;pewter (stand)

Height: 82mm
Width: 47mm

Courting couple (meeting of lovers); offering of the heart; youth kneeling before his lover; lady piercing his heart with an arrow; second lady observing; dog; tree.
Pointed trefoils; incised trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 12 December 2003, lot 124.

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Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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