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Courting Couple
Production: Unknown
Ivory, carved in relief. The lady on left holds a dead bird in her hand and lifts her robe with her right hand. The man, who cups her chin in his right hand, has a hawk on his left wrist. The composition is closed on either side by a tree. Projecting from the rim are four dragons. There is a hole pierced at the top near the rim.
Given by Alfred A. de Pass
Height: 8.3 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1933-06-05) by de Pass, Alfred A.
14th Century
Medieval
Circa
1300
-
Circa
1350
Carving : Ivory carved in relief
Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with cut corners and blue line edging. th of 14th raised
Inscription present: oval white paper stick-on label with text in upper case lettering surrounded by an oval line
Accession number: M.25-1933
Primary reference Number: 31711
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Courting Couple" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/31711 Accessed: 2023-06-07 16:44:54
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Accession Number: PD.216-1963
Accession Number: P.14344-R-15
Accession Number: P.14615-R
Accession Number: C.1735-1928
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