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Box (boîte) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Hunting scene.

Unknown location

S/n

Bone;wood (core);metal (later lock;hinges;handle)

Height: 67mm
Width: 157mm
Depth: 108mm

Lid
Female musician (?); tree surrounded by a woven fence; youth with a stick; sun.
Body, front
Running dog; tree; hunter holding a spear.
Crosshatched background. Foliated border.
Rest not seen.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy.

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Provenance
Collection of the Late Mrs Elias-Vaes; Christie's, Amsterdam, 27-29 April 2010, lot 644.

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