Youth with a hawk on his wrist; diadem; youth holding a lure for hawks.
Koechlin 1924: France, early 14th century.
Théodore 1932: France, 1st half of the 13th century.
Bencard 1975: beginning of the 14th century.
Comte and Gaborit-Chopin 1987: late 13th-early 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2011: France, 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Object Condition
Missing: right foot and lower part of the piece; part of the lure.
Damaged by humidity. Deep vertical cracks. Traces of rust at the base.
Provenance
Found in the city walls at Arras. Bought from Drukker, antiquaire in Lille in June 1896 (50 francs).
Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 417-419; II, no. 1120; III, pl. CLXXXIX.
E. Théodore, 'A propos de deux manches de couteau en os sculpté du 13e siècle représentant des fauconniers', in Bulletin de la Commission Départementale des Monuments Historiques du Pas-de-Calais, V, 1ere livraison (1932), pp. 183-191 (pp. 184-185, fig. 1).
Exposition d'art ancien, exhibition catalogue, Lille, Palais des Beaux-Arts, November-December 1947, no. 16.
Musée de Lille : Guide de la Section des Objets d'art (Paris, 1957), p. 19.
H. Oursel, Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille (Paris, 1984), p. 107.
F. Comte and D. Gaborit-Chopin, 'Un gravoir médiéval au faubourg de l'Évière d'Angers (Maine et Loire)', in Revue archéologique de l'ouest 4 (1987), pp. 149-152 (fig. 1 and p. 151). Accessible online via Persée website: http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rao_0767-709x_1987_num_4_1_910 [accessed December 2012].
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