Hawking party; courting couple (meeting of lovers); lady and youth hawking on horseback; lady with a hawk on her wrist; youth with a hawk on his wrist; hunter blowing a horn; trees.
Masks in the spandrels.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Smooth and flat. Pierced indent at centre. The back of the piece has been thinned. Modern ink inscription: 'W M' (for William Maskell), '25'.
Object Condition
Features on figures worn.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890) (no. 25): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 379, Pl. LXXXVIII.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 385; II, no. 1029.
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