Gothic Ivories Project | Knife handle, with arches (manche de poignard; arcatures) (Side 1)

Knife handle, with arches (manche de poignard; arcatures) (Side 1)

Knife handle, with arches (manche de poignard; arcatures) (Side 1)

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Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

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Subject
Religious. Secular. Courtly love.

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Clermont-Ferrand, Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot [MARQ]

Inv. 61.37.1

Ivory

Height: 100mm
Depth: 30mm

Side 1: courting cuople (meeting of lovers); youth kneeling before his lover.
Side 2: unidentified standing figure holding a spear (?).
Side 3: unidentified standing female figure with hands joined in prayer.
Side 4: unidentified figure holding a sceptre (?).

Museum's opinion 2012: 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Split in several places in the upper and lower parts. Thread holding the parts together. Very worn.

Provenance
Given to the Museum before 1861.

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