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Source Description
A couple is seen in the center of the composition; the gentleman, in belted robe, offers a comb to his lady. She is dressed in a "houppelande," with long pendants from the elbows, and her hair is braided and dressed in a cap over the ears. The landscape consists of a stylized castle at each side, a tree at the center, and a boulderlike ground plane. The subject is contained within a quatrefoil of tracery with leaf terminals. The circular mirror form is brought to a square with four leaf-corner projections with incised veins.
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Document identity
localId
30221
label
Mirror Case with the Gift of the Comb
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
30221
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mirror Case with the Gift of the Comb
description
A couple is seen in the center of the composition; the gentleman, in belted robe, offers a comb to his lady. She is dressed in a "houppelande," with long pendants from the elbows, and her hair is braided and dressed in a cap over the ears. The landscape consists of a stylized castle at each side, a tree at the center, and a boulderlike ground plane. The subject is contained within a quatrefoil of tracery with leaf terminals. The circular mirror form is brought to a square with four leaf-corner projections with incised veins.
provenance
Lord H. Gibson-Carmichael Collection [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Lord H. Gibson-Carmichael Sale, London, May 12-13, 1902; George R. Harding, London [date and mode of acqusition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.Walters Collection
date
1390-1400 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases (containers)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.7
height
9.4
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 13/16 × W: 3 11/16 × D: 5/16 in. (9.7 × 9.4 × 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Medieval European
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
2064
3089
3310
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9c9915bad48a6b63
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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d966287235860b65
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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a2dd0916286be931
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no
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no