Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Flanders or Netherlands (?), 2nd third of the 15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy (very dark green).
Reverse
Carved on all sides.
Object Condition
5 small rings for hanging. Modern lock (on an original mount).
Some restoration to the borders, especially on the upper-right of the lid.
Chip near the right hinge.
Inside of the casket painted red. Inscription in pencil (modern): 'danse mauresque / 1460'. On bottom, labelled: 'A 84'. On the lock, in ink: '132'.
Provenance
Collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot, Paris (no. 263); gift of A.-C. Sauvageot, 1856; on loan to the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Chambéry (arrêtés of Oct. 1958 and 11 July 1983).
Bibliography
A. Sauzay, Musée impérial du Louvre. Catalogue du musée Sauvageot (Paris, 1861), no. 263.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 84.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 132.
J. von Schlosser, Die Werkstatt der Embriachi in Venedig, in Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, 20 (1899), fig. 17.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 527; II, no. 1320.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 263.
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