Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France, 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved on all sides.
Object Condition
Lid heavily cracked and restored.
Provenance
Collection of Mr. Charles Mannheim, Paris. Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (d. 1913), London and New York; estate of J. Pierpont Morgan (1913-1917); gift of J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917.
Bibliography
G. Migeon, 'La Collection de M. Piet-Lataudrie', in Les Arts (August 1909), p. 6.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 479, 480, 481; II, no. 1262.
The Pierpont Morgan wing: a handbook by Joseph Breck and Meyric Rogers (New York, 1929), 2nd ed., p. 111.
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), p. 94, in relation to no. 15.
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