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Source Description
This unusually small mirror case, perhaps for a child, depicts the meeting of two lovers. It is framed in a hexafoil, and the simple outer molding has four crouching monsters as corner terminals. A large hole is drilled in the center; holes in each of the corner terminals indicate a later use as a button or ornament. The mirror case was buried at one time, and there are losses from flaking, including the right arm of the youth.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26539
label
Mirror Case with Lovers
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
26539
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mirror Case with Lovers
description
This unusually small mirror case, perhaps for a child, depicts the meeting of two lovers. It is framed in a hexafoil, and the simple outer molding has four crouching monsters as corner terminals. A large hole is drilled in the center; holes in each of the corner terminals indicate a later use as a button or ornament. The mirror case was buried at one time, and there are losses from flaking, including the right arm of the youth.
provenance
Henri Daguerre, Paris, until 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st quarter 14th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases (containers)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.8
height
5.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 5/16 x W: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 x 5.7 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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3000ebadd91164f1