Register 1: Virgil ridiculed in the basket, hanging from the battlements; revenge of Virgil: men lighting candles at the princess's behind.
Register 2: Alexander approaches Campaspe at the loom; the bribing of Campaspe by Alexander to enchant Virgil; Campaspe and Virgil in bed.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Recessed to receive the wax, with a raised border. Modern ink inscription: 'M 573'.
Object Condition
Cracked.
Comments
Similar to a writing tablet in, R. H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery (New York, 1985), no. 337.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890); British Museum, by purchase, 1856.
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