Gothic Ivories Project | Side panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Side panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

Side panel (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 3 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures; colonnettes) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 66mm
Width: 82mm

Male musician with string instrument; musical instrument with animal head. Courting couple (meeting of lovers); seated couple; youth chucking his lover under the chin; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a dog. Female musician with string instrument.
Pointed trefoils.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Left edge chipped.
Holes for lost fittings.

Provenance
Blumka Gallery, Julius Böhler, Brimo de Laroussilhe, Collecting Treasures of the Past, New York, 22 January-8 February 2002, no. 47.

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