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Gothic ivory mirror case with a love scene

Image attached to M.25-1933

An image of Sculpture / Mirror Case. Love-Scene. Ivory, carved in relief, height 8.3 cm, width 8.2 cm, circa 1300-1350. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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Sculpture / Mirror Case. Love-Scene. Ivory, carved in relief, height 8.3 cm, width 8.2 cm, circa 1300-1350. Gothic, Medieval. French.

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  • Accession Number: M.25-1933
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 984 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 711.22kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2013:01:18 12:52:51

Key words

14th Century birds carved clothes clothing costume couple courting courtship fashion Fitz_AA French Gothic ivory love lovers Medieval Middle Ages mirror mirror case relief romance romantic sculpture

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