Cl. 23840
Taburet-Delahaye and Dectot 2008: Paris, early 14th century.
Paris 2009: Paris, c. 1300-1310.
Museum's opinion 2010: Paris, 1st quarter of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
No trace of polychromy or gilding, even under magnifying glass.
Reverse
Carved on all sides.
Comments
On the iconography of the front of the casket, see: W. Stechow, 'Shooting at Father’s Corpse: a Note on the Hazards of Iconography', in Art Bulletin 37 (1955), pp. 55-56.
Provenance
François Baverey collection, Lyon. Purchased by the Museum in 2007.
Bibliography
E. Taburet-Delahaye and X. Dectot, 'Un Exceptionnel coffret d'ivoire gothique', in La Revue des Musées de France-Revue du Louvre 3 (2008), pp. 6-8.
La Légende du roi Arthur, dir. by T. Delcourt, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 2009, no. 65.
Imagining the Past in France, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010, no. tbc.
P. M. Carns, 'Playing the fool: La Folie Tristan on two French Gothic Ivories', in Sculpture Journal 23.1 (2014), pp. 51-63, fig. 1-4.
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 227.
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