Gothic Ivories Project | Comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

Comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

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Side 2

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

KK 6755

Ivory

Height: 134mm
Width: 148mm

Side 1: Courting couple (meeting of lovers). Youth kneeling before his lover; offering of the heart (?). Youth chucking his lover under the chin; youth holding a flower; lady holding a stem of flowers and a box (?).
Vine leaf border.
Side 2: Courting couples (meeting of lovers); tree; couple embracing; youth offering his lover a flower.
Ivy leaf border.

Museum's opinion 2011: 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Provenance
Acquired in 1868.

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