Winged God of Love in a tree throwing arrows at lovers; courting couples in the tree (meeting of lovers); youth chucking his lover under the chin. Couple making a wreath of flowers; youth kneeling before his lover. Couple conversing; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a hare (?); old man watching.
Masks in the spandrels. Foliated corner terminals.
Koechlin 1906 and 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Object Condition
Missing: parts of three corner terminals. Hole in each of the upper corner terminals.Tinted ivory.
Provenance
Martin Le Roy collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine (at least 1902-1924).
Bibliography
G. Migeon, La Collection Martin le Roy, in Les Arts 10 (November 1902), p. 10.
R. Koechlin, Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin Le Roy, Fasc. II: Ivoires et sculptures (Paris, 1906), no. 36, pl. XVIII.
R. Koechlin, 'Le Dieu d'Amour', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts 63 (1921), p. 283.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 401, 402; II, no. 1076; III, pl. CLXXXIV.
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