Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case, band of rosettes (valve de miroir; décor de roses) (Front)

Mirror case, band of rosettes (valve de miroir; décor de roses) (Front)

Mirror case, band of rosettes (valve de miroir; décor de roses) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Romance.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 137mm

Fountain of Youth decorated with monster heads; old and young; cripple with crutches; couples bathing in the fountain; courting couples (meeting of lovers); horse-drawn cart; figure undressing; bathing; tree.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the piece.

Provenance
Christie's, 2 July 1996, lot 124. Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, in 2000.

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