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Box (boite) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Hunting scene.

Unknown location

S/n

Wood (core);bone;metal (fittings)

Height: 75mm
Width: 170mm
Depth: 100mm

Lid
Wild men holding clubs and shields; winged monster.
Body, front
Hybrid; winged monster.
Rest not seen including:
Dogs pursuing a boar; trees.
Foliated borders; roped border; crosshatched background.

Galán y Galindo 2011: Italy, 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold, green, red.

Reverse
Engraved on all sides.

Provenance
March collection, Palma de Mallorca (no. 100)(in 2011, according to Galán y Galindo).

Bibliography
A. Galán y Galindo, 'Las arquetas de trovadores, canciones, música y amor. Desde Bagdad, a los trovadores medievales, pasando por Córdoba', in Arte, arqueología e historia, 18 (2011), p. 30.

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