Gothic Ivories Project | Panel, 1 register (fragment of a casket?; coffret) (Front)

Unidentified game
Three men in a hoop, trying to catch a disk; standing man holding a disk hanging from a stick; sun.
Crosshatched background.

Koechlin 1924: France, late 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2012: France (Paris), late 15th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat and smooth with engraved sundial.

Object Condition
Two central holes in the upper and lower parts of the panel. Four smaller holes along the bottom of the panel. Chipped corners.

Provenance
Collection of Charles Piet-Lataudrie (d. 1909): Piet-Lataudrie bequest to the Museum in 1914.

Bibliography
E. Breuillac, Inventaire des objets légués au Musée de Niort par M. et Mme Piet-Lataudrie (Niort, 1916).
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 527; II, no. 1328.

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