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Comb (peigne double) (Side)

Comb (peigne double) (Side)
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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

Repository Institution
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Notre Dame (Indiana), University of Notre Dame, The Snite Museum of Art

1967.048.003

Ivory

Height: 133mm
Width: 114mm
Depth: 64mm
Weight: 113gm

Sides 1 and 2: meeting of lovers (courting couples); couples embracing; couples holding hands; fountains; trees.

Randall 1993: North Italian (Savoy), 1390-1410.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gesso indicating former gilding and traces of polychromy: green (plants); red (hair).

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Thinner teeth discoloured on one side.

Provenance
Collection of Jack Linsky, New York: his gift to the Museum in 1967.

Bibliography
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 215.


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