Cl. 1837
Couple making a wreath; youth and lady plucking flowers from a tree.
Pointed trefoils.
Labarte 1847: France, 13th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France (?), 19th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
On the back, inscribed number '974'. Flat with an incised border. Some crosshatching.
Comments
Koechlin, in 1924, was disconcerted by the drilled pupils and unusual iconography.
This object forms a pair with another writing tablet, also in the Musée de Cluny (Cl. 1838, see related object).
Provenance
Debruge-Duménil collection, Paris: sold, Paris, January-March 1849, lot 150, to the Museum.
Bibliography
J. Labarte, Description des objets d'art qui composent la collection Debruge-Duménil (Paris, 1847), no. 150, p. 455.
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1085.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 436; II, no. 1169; III, pl. CXCV.
P. Chihaia, Immortalité et décomposition dans l'art du Moyen Âge (Madrid, 1988), pp. 168-169.
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