Gothic Ivories Project | Openwork panels, 2 registers, 1 and 2 arches across (plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork panels, 2 registers, 1 and 2 arches across (plaque ajourée) (Front)

Openwork panels, 2 registers, 1 and 2 arches across (plaque ajourée) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 95 mm

Panel 1
Register 1: seated female musician holding a portable organ; seated male musician holding bagpipes.
Register 2: Seated couple (meeting of lovers); lady holding a coat of arms with lion head; seated bearded man in armour.
Panel 2
Register 1: male musician playing a string instrument; female musician playing the psaltery.
Register 2: seated couple (meeting of lovers); bearded man in armour; lady holding a helm; lady holding a dog.
Lions in roundels. Architectural framework; pierced Flamboyant tracery.

Attribution
Unknown

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1981, lot 23.

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