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Box (boîte) (Lid)

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Lid

End, right

End, left

End, right

Back

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Subject
Secular. Hunting scene.

Private collection, London (in 2010)

S/n

Bone;ebony (bottom, dark squares);wood (core);metal (fittings)

Height: 78mm
Width: 163mm
Depth: 197mm

Lid
Register 1: man holding a flower; fountain; lady holding a flower.
Register 2: wild man holding a club; hybrid monster; wild man holding a club.
Body, front
Running dog; coat of arms with a winged hand holding a sword; man standing.
End, right
Stag hunt; hunter on foot.
Body, back
Wild men; hybrid monster.
End, left
Boar hunt; hunters on foot; hunter blowing into a horn.
Bottom: chequered pattern.
Foliated decoration. Crosshatched background. Roped border.

Williamson 2005: Probably Netherlandish, c. 1440-1470.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on all sides.

Comments
According to Williamson (2005), the box was probably used for gaming pieces.

Provenance
Bought from A. and E. Foster, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, 16 November 2002; private collection, London.

Bibliography
P. Williamson, Medieval and Later Treasures from a Private Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2005, no. 40.

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