Gothic ivory mirror case with a love scene

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

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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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