Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case, in a frame of 4 lobes (valve de miroir; quatrefoil) (Front)

Mirror case, in a frame of 4 lobes (valve de miroir; quatrefoil) (Front)

Mirror case, in a frame of 4 lobes (valve de miroir; quatrefoil) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly Love.

Repository Institution
www.uni-marburg.de

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Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte

Inv. 4231

Ivory

Height: diameter 92mm

Couple playing chess; courting couple; lady holding a chess piece in her left hand; trees.
Corner terminals: four crouching hybrids.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, early 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Cracked in several pieces which have been glued back together.

Provenance
Acquired in October 1963 from F. K. A. Huelsmann, Hamburg (at the Antiquaries Fair in Munich).

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