Inv. 774
Courting couple (meeting of lovers); couple holding hands.
Foliated capital.
Bologna 1959: 14th century.
Marciano c. 1992-1994: Northern Italy (maybe Veneto, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy and gilding.
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Collection of count Ludovico Savioli: donated by him to the Collezioni Universitarie (no. 377) in 1776; acquired by the Museo Civico di Bologna in 1881.
Bibliography
Lavori in osso e avorio dalla Preistoria al Rococò, dir. by R. Pincelli, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Museo Civico, 20 September-11 October 1959, no. 100.
A. Marciano, 'Ludovico Savioli e gli avori dei bassi tempi', in Arte a Bologna 2 (1992), pp. 187-202 (p. 190, pl. 11).
A. Marciano, Avori gotici - entry no. 37 (Museo Civico Medievale), Catalogo dei Musei Civici d'Arte Antica di Bologna (unpublished; [c. 1992-1994]).
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