Male musician playing a flute.
Crosshatched background.
Williamson and Davies 2014: South Netherlandish, c. 1440-70.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.
Reverse
Flat, with some scoring. Traces of glue. Remains of a label with handwritten inscription 'from a [...]erly col. [...]th 6 others [...]ada '17.
Comments
Other panels from the same box have survived, also in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Inv. A.48-1953 and Inv. A.48b-f-1953; see related items). Inv. A.48a-d-1953 originally formed the lid, with another missing one, probably featuring a fountain. Inv. A.48e-f-1953 formed one of the long side of the casket (see Williamson and Davies 2014).
Provenance
Collection of Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, London (acquired in Granada in 1917); given to the museum in 1953.
Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 238.
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