Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Two knights are jousting in front of a grandstand, in which a king, queen, and two courtiers appear behind a draped railing. Two heralds are on horseback at the left; three spectators stand at the right. The knights wear chain mail with plate leg armor and great helms. Both helmets have crests, and the knights are defended with ailettes on their shoulders and shields. The knights' horses are caparisoned. The scene is a variant of the one shown on the Parisian box, Walters 71.264.Two sections of the border are missing and have been replaced with wood. There are twelve holes for the metal mounts. Where three lateral mounts crossed the lid, the ivory has been recarved to continue the design, which would originally have been unfinished.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27845
label
Box Lid with a Tournament
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27845
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box Lid with a Tournament
description
Two knights are jousting in front of a grandstand, in which a king, queen, and two courtiers appear behind a draped railing. Two heralds are on horseback at the left; three spectators stand at the right. The knights wear chain mail with plate leg armor and great helms. Both helmets have crests, and the knights are defended with ailettes on their shoulders and shields. The knights' horses are caparisoned. The scene is a variant of the one shown on the Parisian box, Walters 71.264.Two sections of the border are missing and have been replaced with wood. There are twelve holes for the metal mounts. Where three lateral mounts crossed the lid, the ivory has been recarved to continue the design, which would originally have been unfinished.
provenance
Charles Stein Collection, Paris [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Lord T. G. Carmichael, London, 1902 [mode of acquisition unknon]; George R. Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1340-1350 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
lids (covers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10
height
17.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 15/16 x W: 6 3/4 in. (10 x 17.2 cm)
Source extras
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
2289
2339
2915
3089
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a29bddae7558ab48