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writing-tablet
Object Type
writing-tablet
Museum number
1856,0509.2
Description
Writing tablets; ivory; pair; in form of carved diptych with two scenes under canopies; lady and knight hawking; kneeling knight presenting rose to lady; masks in canopies; upper borders have rows of rosettes.
Cultures/periods
Late Medieval
Production date
1300
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Paris (France)
Materials
ivory
(elephant)
Technique
carved
Dimensions
Height:
119 millimetres
Width:
114 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Gaborit-Chopin 1998 / L'Art au temps des rois maudits: Philippe le Bel et ses fils 1285-1328
(no100, p164)
Dalton 1909 / Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era with Examples of Mohammedan Art and Carvings in Bone in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(360)
Koechlin 1924 / Les Ivoires Gothiques Français
(1165)
Robinson 2008 / Masterpieces of Medieval Art
(p. 202)
Location
On display
(G40/dc10/sD)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1998 17 Mar-30 Jun, France, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, L’art en France au temps de Phillippe le Bel 1988 1 Jun-30 Sep, Germany, Heidelberg, Universitäts Bibliothek, Codex Manesse 1972, Ottawa, Galerie nationale du Canada, 'Art and the Courts L'art et la Cour, France et Angleterre 1259-1328'.
Subjects
bird
knight
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Felix Slade
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Webb
Acquisition date
1856
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1856,0509.2
Conservation
Treatment
: 20 Feb 2008