Gothic Ivories Project | Casket (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Lid; body, back)

Lid
Game of hot cockles (jeu de hautes coquilles). Lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet. Couple embracing. Youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a dog.
Body, front
Two crouching figures. Courting couples (meeting of the lovers).
End, left
Couple sitting on a bench; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a chaplet. Lady crowning her lover with a chaplet.
End, right
Ladies and youth playing ball; lady holding a racket.
Body, back
Youth chucking his lover under the chin; youth with a hawk on his wrist. Lady chucking her lover under the chin; youth holding a pair of gloves. Lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet. Lady crowning her standing lover with a chaplet; lady holding a flower.

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: France, 2nd quarter or middle of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Provenance
Collection of Pierre Révoil, Lyon (no. 358); acquired from him in 1828; on loan to the Musée national du Moyen Âge-Musée Cluny from 1948; lost since 1966.

Bibliography
M. de Laborde, Notice des émaux, bijoux et objets divers exposés dans les galeries du musée du Louvre (Paris, 1857), no. 907.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 73.
L. Courajod, La Collection Révoil du musée du Louvre (Caen, 1886), no. 69 bis.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 63.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 479, 480, 482; II, no. 1268; III, pl. CCXVI.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 271.

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