Winged God of Love in a tree throwing arrows at lovers; courting couples (meeting of lovers); youth kneeling before a lady (offering of the heart?); birds; trees.
Corner terminals: crouching monsters.
Masks in the spandrels.
Williamson 2002: France, probably Paris, c. 1350-1375.
Museum's opinion 2009: French (Paris), c. 1330.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. Blue and white label with the inscription: 'Collection Wernher no. 92'.
Object Condition
Six holes.
Provenance
Collection of Émile Gavet: his sale, Paris, 31 May-9 June 1897, lot 320, pl. XXX; Collection of Sir Julius Wernher (d. 1912), Bath House, London; on loan to English Heritage and displayed at Ranger's House since 2002.
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), II, no.
P. Williamson, 'Medieval Ivory Carvings in the Wernher Collection', in Apollo (May 2002), pp. 17-22 (p. 20, fig. 10).
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