Westwood 1876: France, 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: France (Paris), c. 1300-1320.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Faint traces of polychromy.
Reverse
Carved on all sides.
Object Condition
Ivory cracked.
Repair with putty to right of the crowning of the lover.
Modern silverwork, showing grooves for original ironwork.
Labelled on the bottom: 'Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français, 1937' (although the casket did not appear in this exhibition).
Provenance
Menissier collection, Paris. Acquired by the Musée du Louvre in 1834.
Bibliography
M. de Laborde, Notice des émaux, bijoux et objets divers exposés dans les galeries du musée du Louvre (Paris, 1857), no. 908.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 76.
J. O. Westwood, Fictile Ivories in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1876), no. 685 ('58.247).
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 70.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 479, 480, 481; II, no. 1261; III, pl. CCXIII-CCXIV.
Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art français, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Palais national des arts (Paris, 1937).
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 131.
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