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Source Description
On this circular mirror back, a sequential story is shown in three scenes; above, a young couple plays chess, at the right, a woman threatens a bearded man or hermit with a broom, at the left and center, the bearded man climbs up to a house still threatened by the broom-wielding woman. The scenes are surrounded by an eight-lobed frame adorned with masks. A similar unidentified story concerning an elder and young couple is represented on Walters 71. 283, an ivory box attributed to the Atelier of the Boxes. The mirror back likely was made in the same workshop.
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Document identity
localId
6180
label
Mirror Cover
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
6180
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mirror Cover
description
On this circular mirror back, a sequential story is shown in three scenes; above, a young couple plays chess, at the right, a woman threatens a bearded man or hermit with a broom, at the left and center, the bearded man climbs up to a house still threatened by the broom-wielding woman. The scenes are surrounded by an eight-lobed frame adorned with masks. A similar unidentified story concerning an elder and young couple is represented on Walters 71. 283, an ivory box attributed to the Atelier of the Boxes. The mirror back likely was made in the same workshop.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 14th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
mirrors
cases
plaques
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.4
height
9
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 11/16 × W: 3 9/16 × D: 3/16 in. (9.4 × 9 × 0.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
med
ivory
creator_ids
6476
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
961
3310
Page inventory
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photo
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