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Fragment of a cylindrical box (Back)

Fragment of a cylindrical box (Back)
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Subject
Secular. Courtly love. Romance.

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Paris, Musée du Louvre; on loan to the Musée national du Moyen Âge-Musée de Cluny

OA 123

Bone

Height: 34mm
Width: 45mm
Depth: 6mm

Couple in bed; curtains around the bed; old woman holding a stick (?).
Crosshatched background.

Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: France, 1st half of the 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat.
Ink inscription on paper: 'f..li.. [fabliau?] du comte Orry / XIVe siècle'.
Labelled: 'A. 75'.

Object Condition
Fragmented ridge along the edge of the object.

Comments
This scene may represent an episode from the fable of count Ory, who entered a convent in disguise to seduce young novices..

Provenance
Collection of Alexandre-Charles Sauvageot, Paris (no. 264); gift of A.-C. Sauvageot to the Museum in 1856; on loan to the Musée national du Moyen Âge-Musée de Cluny since 1948, renewed by arrêté of 10 July 1986.

Bibliography
A. Sauzay, Musée impérial du Louvre. Catalogue du musée Sauvageot (Paris, 1861), no. 264.
A. Sauzay, Musée de la Renaissance [Musée du Louvre]. Notice des ivoires (Paris, 1863), no. 75.
E. Molinier, Musée National du Louvre. Catalogue des ivoires (Paris, 1896), no. 69.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 268.


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