Game of frog in the middle (jeu de la grenouille); courting couples.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Koechlin 1906 and 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Two later holes in the upper corners and one in the centre in the lower part of the panel.
Comments
This tablet is part of the same set as Koechlin 1175 (see related objects).
Provenance
Acquired in Rouen; collection of Martin Le Roy, Neuilly-sur-Seine (at least 1906-1924).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 37, pl. XIX.
O. Pelka, Elfenbein (Berlin, 1920), p. 209.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 439; II, no. 1176.
R. H. Randall, 'Frog in the Middle', in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (June 1958), pp. 269-275.
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