Gothic Ivories Project | Comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

Comb (peigne double) (Side 1)

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Subject
Secular. Mythology.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 155 mm
Width: 170 mm

Side 1: Unidentified scene with three standing ladies and three men on horseback; soldiers in armour.
On the edges: unidentified male naked figure; naked female figure holding a sword and a severed head (possibly Judith or Salome).
Side 2: Death of Pyramus and Thisbe; Thisbe discovers the dying Pyramus; lion with a piece of Thisbe's veil in its mouth; Thisbe kills herself with Pyramus' sword; fountain; fashionable dress; horse; trees (?).
On the edges: male naked figure holding a club; female naked figure with bow and arrow (Athena?).
Crosshatched background; winged putti heads; candelabras; twisted columns; foliated decoration.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Missing: some thin teeth.

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 9 July 2015, lot 37.

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