Inv. 134 C
Couple playing chess in a tent; courting couple (meeting of lovers); man with his left hand around the pole supporting the tent; lady holding two chess pieces in her left hand (missing).
Foliated corner terminals.
Koechlin 1924 and Vitali 1976: France, mid 14th century.
Chiesi 2011: France (Paris), 1320-1340.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.
Object Condition
Missing: chess pieces held by the lady.
The lower left corner terminal has broken away and was glued back into place.
Two holes.
Comments
Chiesi (2011) argues that the other half of this mirror case is now in Bologna (Inv. 700).
Provenance
Carrand collection: bequeathed by Louis Carrand (d. 1888) to the Museo del Bargello in 1888.
Bibliography
I. B. Supino, Catalogo del Regio Museo Nazionale di Firenze (Rome, 1898), p. 241, no. 134.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 388; II, no. 1052.
L. Vitali, Avori gotici francesi (Milan, 1976), p. 40, no. 26.
B. Chiesi, Catalogo degli avori gotici del Museo Nazionale del Bargello (unpublished PhD thesis - Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2011), pp. 319-328.
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