Lady holding a dog; lady wearing a chaplet pierced with small holes.
Comte and Gaborit-Chopin 1987: late 13th-early 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Comments
The holes in the chaplet may have originally accommodated gems.
Provenance
Found in August 1985 during excavations of the Ilôt Quatrebarbes-Pignerolles in the Évière district, Angers; deposited at the Museum the same year.
Bibliography
F. Comte and D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Un gravoir médiéval au faubourg de l'Évière d'Angers (Maine et Loire)', in Revue archéologique de l'ouest 4 (1987), pp. 149-152. Accessible online via Persée website: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rao_0767-709x_1987_num_4_1_910 [accessed December 2012].
All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.
