Mirror Case with Attack on the Castle of Love

1320-1340 (Medieval)

12.7 cm 13.2 cm 1 cm

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The popularity of ivory luxury goods reached its height around 1350, but they were made well into the 15th century. Associated with intimacy, mirrors were often given as courting gifts. A portable mirror consisted of a case in two parts with a polished metal disk fitted inside...

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Treasury of the Cistercian Abbey of Rein, Styria; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 1, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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