Gothic Ivories Project | Rosary bead (chapelet) (Side 1)

Rosary bead (chapelet) (Side 1)

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Subject
Secular.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 52mm
Width: 35mm

Side 1: Bust of a woman in profile.
Side 2: Bust of youth in profile.
Foliated decoration.

Koechlin Number: 1230

Koechlin 1924: French, 1st quarter of 16th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Pierced by four holes for suspension.

Provenance
Collection of Lucien Cottreau: his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 28-29 April 1910, lot 36.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 353, 449; II, no. 1230; III, pl. CCII.

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