Inv. 65006
Couple playing chess; courting couple (meeting of lovers); man with his left hand around the pole supporting the tent; lady holding chess pieces in her left hand.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. Traces of glue.
Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the piece. Edge chipped on the right.
Provenance
Acquired before 1876.
Bibliography
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 875 ('58.198) and Appendix, p. 343.
R. Kanzler, Gli avori dei musei profano e sacro della Biblioteca Vaticana (Rome, 1903), no. 164, pl. XVII.
A. Rossi, 'Les Ivoires gothiques français du Vatican', in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1905, I, p. 400.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 388; II, no. 1048.
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