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Secular. Courtly love.

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 326

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 106mm
Depth: 8mm

Couple playing chess; courting couple; lady holding chess pieces in her left hand; trees.

Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: French (Paris), late 14th century.
Seville 2006: French (Paris), 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: 19th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth; with notches.

Object Condition
Chipped borders. Notches on the reverse

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).
J. Camón Aznar, Guía abreviada del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (Madrid, 1951), p. 20.
A. Galán y Galindo, Ibn Jaldún: El Mediterráneo en el siglo XIV, auge y declive de los Imperios, exhibition catalogue, Seville, Reales Alcázares, 2006, p. 91.

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