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Mirror case (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs

Inv. GR 26

Ivory

Height: 75mm
Width: 55mm

Betrothal scene; couple holding hands in a walled city or enclosed garden; tree; architectural framework.

Museum's opinion 2011: France, 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. Crosshatching in the circular depression. Radiating incisions around the recess.
Printed label: '977'.

Object Condition
Missing: upper left and lower right corners.
Two small holes in the pediment towering over the scene.

Provenance
Collection of Alexandrine Louise Grandjean: bequeathed to the Museum in 1923.

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