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Mirror backs or medallions (valves de miroir; médaillons) (Front)

Mirror backs or medallions (valves de miroir; médaillons) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Mythology. Religious. Old Testament.

Unknown location

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Ivory

Height: 115mm (diameter)

Hercules and the Nemean lion. Samson and the lion.
Crosshatched background; vine border with grapes.

Williamson and Davies 2014: probably French or Netherlandish, c. 1520-1530.

Attribution
Unknown

Comments
Each is made of two separate pieces of ivory: the border and the centre roundel. For comparison, see 2148-1855 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Provenance
Christie's, London, 8 December 1981, lot 29. Christie's, London, 13 December 1985, lot 49.

Bibliography
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), in relation to no. 208.

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