Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case, frame of 6 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 6 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

Mirror case, frame of 6 lobes (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 86mm

Meeting of lovers (courting couples); man kneeling before a lady.
Bearded masks in the spandrels.
Corner terminals: crouching monsters.

Carbon test 2009: modern.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Phillips, art dealer, London and New York (in December 1996). Christie's, London, 4 July 2000, lot 2. Sam Fogg, London (in 2002).

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