Gothic Ivories Project | Casket with arches and rosettes (coffret; décor d'arcatures; décor de roses; colonnettes) (Body, back)

Koechlin 1924: France, end of 13th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France (Paris), 2nd half of 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
The casket was probably originally painted with figures or scenes featuring in the arches.

Object Condition
Missing: lid; most pieces originally forming a diamond pattern on the bottom.

Provenance
Collection of Alexandre Du Sommerard: acquired for the museum in 1843.

Bibliography
E. Du Sommerard, Catalogue et description des antiquités et objets d'art exposés au musée de Cluny (Paris, 1883), no. 1091.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 476; II, no. 1260; III, pl. CCXIII.
Images in Ivory. Precious Objects of the Gothic Age, ed. by P. Barnet, exhibition catalogue, Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, and Baltimore, The Walters Art Gallery, 1997, p. 64.
Paris Ville Rayonnante, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée de Cluny, 2010, no. 85.

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