Gothic Ivories Project | Mirror case (valve de miroir) (Front)

Hawking party; lady and youth hawking on horseback; courting couple (meeting of lovers); youth with a hawk on his wrist; couple embracing; trees; dogs.

Koechlin 1924: France, 1st half of the 14th century.
Rouen 2000-2001: Paris, 1st half of the 14th century.
Gaborit-Chopin 2003 and Museum's opinion 2010: Paris?, 1st half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Labelled: 'E. U. 1900 / M. Doistau'.
Back turned with a depression for (missing) mirror. Large half-cylindrical moulding with compass hole at centre.

Object Condition
Restoration to the upper edge, probably where the hole for joining the two halves was located.

Comments
This mirror seems to never have had any corner terminals.

Provenance
Collection of Félix Doistau, Paris; gift of F. Doistau to the Museum in 1919.

Bibliography
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Catalogue illustré Officiel de l'Exposition Rétrospective de l'Art Français (Paris, 1900), no. 162.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 385; II, no. 1025.
E. Lambert, Le Style gothique (Paris, 1943), pl. XLIV.
Miroirs. Jeux et reflets depuis l'Antiquité, exhibition catalogue, Rouen, Musée départemental des Antiquités, 2000-2001, no. 90.
D. Gaborit-Chopin, Ivoires médiévaux, Ve-XVe siècle (Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2003), no. 171.

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