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Mirror case (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 100mm

Four compartments formed by the branches of a tree. Meeting of lovers (courting couples); lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet; youth chucking his lover under the chin; couple playing chess; couple making a wreath by a flowery bush.
Corner terminals: four crouching monsters.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. Traces of white ink inscription. White label with the inscription: 'MA 124 124'.

Object Condition
Central hole in the upper part of the piece. Hole in the lower right corner terminal.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Gillot. Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 190.

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