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Mirror case (valve de miroir) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Ivory

Attack on the Castle of Love; God of Love throwing arrows at lovers; God of Love with a hawk on his wrist; youth asleep; lady crowning her lover with a chaplet; youth with a hawk on his wrist; lady holding a dog; courting couples (meeting of lovers); youth chucking his lover under the chin; couple embracing; man climbing a ladder; jousting knights in armour; knights on horseback; couples watching from the castle battlements; portcullis; towers; shields; trees.
No corner terminals.

Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Missing: corner terminals.

Provenance
Collection of M. Charles Sauvageot (in 1836).

Bibliography
Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique, ou Recueil général de médailles, monnaies, engravings by A. Collas, ed. by P. Delaroche, vols. 19-20: Recueil général de bas-reliefs et d'ornemens ou mélanges typoglyptiques. Ivoires, meubles, armes, bijoux (Paris, 1836), pl. XXXIX, no. 2.

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Out of copyright. From Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique, ou Recueil général de médailles, monnaies, engravings by A. Collas, ed. by P. Delaroche, vols. 19-20: Recueil général de bas-reliefs et d'ornemens ou mélanges typoglyptiques. Ivoires, me

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