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Comb (peigne double) (Side 2)

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Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Inv. 1577

Ivory

Height: 112mm
Width: 151mm
Depth: 1-3mm

Side 1: jousting knights in armour; knights on horseback; queen in a tree; naked figures.
Side 2: Tristan and Iseult; king Mark (?) in the tree; fountain reflecting king Mark's face; flowers.
Crowned hybrids on the terminals.

Lisbon 1945: French, 15th century.
Camps Cazorla 1949-1950: France, early 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: 19th century or early 20th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Provenance
Lázaro collection, New York (in 1945).

Bibliography
Colecção Lázaro de Nova Iorque, exhibition catalogue, Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 1945, no. 71.
E. Camps Cazorla, Inventario del Museo Lázaro Galdiano (1949-1950, unpublished).

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