Sides 1 and 2: meeting of lovers (courting couples); couples embracing; couples holding hands; fountains; trees.
Randall 1993: North Italian (Savoy), 1390-1410.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gesso indicating former gilding and traces of polychromy: green (plants); red (hair).
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Object Condition
Thinner teeth discoloured on one side.
Provenance
Collection of Jack Linsky, New York: his gift to the Museum in 1967.
Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 215.
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