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Front panel (fragment of a casket; coffret) (Back)

Front panel (fragment of a casket; coffret) (Back)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Repository Institution
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Riggisberg, Abegg-Stiftung

Inv. 5.33.63

Ivory;metal (nails)

Height: 51mm
Width: 216mm
Depth: 5mm

Courting couples (meeting of lovers); lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet. Lady holding a dog; two crouching figures supporting the lock on their backs; youth holding a chaplet; youth with a hawk on his wrist. Seated couple; youth chucking his lover under the chin; youth with a hawk on his wrist.

Museum's opinion 2013: France (Paris ?), 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth. Recessed along three sides to be fitted with the rest of the casket.

Object Condition
Missing: lower border; lock.
Some strips of ivory have been added to the sides. Holes for lost fittings.

Provenance
Collection of Oscar Bondy, Vienna. Acquired by Werner Abegg through Wilderstein & Co. gallery, New York in 1961; donated by Werner Abegg in 1963.

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