Box (boîte) (Body, front)

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End, right	End, left	Body, back
Bottom	Front	Lid

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Subject
Secular. Hunting scene.

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Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

Inv. 1924.13

Metal (fittings, including lock and hinges);wood (core);bone

Height: 70mm
Width: 155mm
Depth: 185mm

Lid
Register 1: youth with a hawk on his wrist; tree surrounded by a woven fence; lady holding a lure for hawks (?); lady wearing a conical hennin.
Register 2: female musician playing the harp; lady wearing a conical hennin; fountain; male musician playing the flute.
Body, front
Two wild men holding clubs; trees.
End, right
Gathering of pears (?); man holding a club to beat the tree and make the fruits fall; female figure collecting the fruits in her skirt; standing lady wearing a conical hennin; servant with a stick.
Body, back
Hunter with a spear; archer with a bow; trees; flowers
End, left
Hunter on foot blowing a horn; dogs pursuing a stag; trees; sun.
Bottom: chequered pattern (chess board).
Foliated border; crosshatched background.

Philippowich 1961: French, c. 1480-1490.

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