Inv. Pl 36:94 (lost)
Gawain on the perilous bed; bed on wheels with bells; lion; spears and swords falling from the sky; maidens at the Château Merveil.
Jülich 2007: France (?), 2nd half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Hole in each corner for attachment of fittings (lost).
Comments
This piece would originally have been one the side panels of a casket.
Provenance
Collection of Baron von Hüpsch (b. 1730, d. 1805), Cologne; acquired in 1805 by the Museum; stolen in 1945 from the castle of Rauhenzell im Allgäu where the collections of the museum had been deposited.
Bibliography
T. Jülich, Die mittelalterlichen Elfenbeinarbeiten des Hessischen Landesmuseums Darmstadt, exhibition catalogue, Regensburg, 2007, no. V6.
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