Handle: under an ogee arch, king trampling on a bearded man; sceptre (saint Louis?); brickwork or tiled roof.
Frame: Game scene (?); men playing badminton; rackets; courting couple (meeting of lovers); lady holding a rosary; two hunters; hares; running dogs.
Paris 1913: France, during the reign of Louis XII (r. 1462 - 1515), late 15th century-early 16th century.
Schnitzler, Volbach and Bloch 1964: France, c. 1520.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Engraved sundial and compass.
Provenance
Collection of Paul Casimir Garnier, Paris (at least from 1913): sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 18-23 December 1916, lot 51. Kofler-Truniger collection, Lucerne (in 1964). Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1974, lot 146.
Bibliography
Exposition d'objets d'art du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, organisée par la marquise de Ganay chez Mr Jacques Seligmann, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Hôtel de Sagan, 1913, no. 125.
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), I, no. S 132.
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