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Fragment of a knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side 1)

Fragment of a knife handle (manche de couteau) (Side 1)
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Side 1

Side 2

Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts

Inv. 68415

Ivory

Height: 35mm
Width: 26mm
Depth: 10mm
Weight: 6.4g

Side 1: Seated youth with a hawk on his wrist; bench.
Side 2: Seated lady holding an animal (dog or monkey); bench.
Narrow sides: Vases with flowers.

Uresová 1986: Paris, mid 14th century.
Stehlíková 2006: Paris, c. 1350.
Museum's opinion 2013: France (?), mid 14th century or 19th century (?).


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in the round and hollow.

Provenance
Donated by W. Marcus (Prague) in 1965.

Bibliography
L. Uresová, 'Řezba v kosti a perleti', in Středověké umělecké řemeslo ze sbírek Uměleckoprůmyslového muzea v Praze (Prague, 1986) p. 16, no. 111.
P. Černý, Du bon du coeur, Poklady francouzského středovĕkého umĕni v českých a moravských sbírkách, exhibition catalogue, Olomouc, Muzeum umĕni in Olomouc, Galerie, 1 June-30 July 2006, pp. 171, no. 41 (D. Stehlíková).


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