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Knife handle or hair parter (manche de couteau; gravoir) (Front)

Knife handle or hair parter (manche de couteau; gravoir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory;later fabric-covered base

Height: 95mm

Courting couple (meeting of lovers); youth kneeling before his lover; couple embracing.
Pinnacles.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 17 April 1980, lot 22.

Image

Conway Library © Courtauld Institute of Art.

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