拍品專文
This box is related to a number of similar boxes now thought to be from the Upper Rhine region. A very similar example is in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore (Randall, loc. cit.).
The Property of
THE IAN WOODNER FAMILY COLLECTION
AN IVORY, BONE AND HORN GAMES BOX
細節
AN IVORY, BONE AND HORN GAMES BOX
UPPER RHENISH, MID-15TH CENTURY
Carved with numerous courtly scenes, the underside with an inlaid games board, five brass loops attached to the sides, the hinged lid opening to reveal a velvet-lined interior.
Traces of gilding and polychromy; the hinged lock clasp later and broken; several minor elements replaced.
5¾ x 2¾ x 7in. (14.6 x 7 x 17.8cm.)
UPPER RHENISH, MID-15TH CENTURY
Carved with numerous courtly scenes, the underside with an inlaid games board, five brass loops attached to the sides, the hinged lid opening to reveal a velvet-lined interior.
Traces of gilding and polychromy; the hinged lock clasp later and broken; several minor elements replaced.
5¾ x 2¾ x 7in. (14.6 x 7 x 17.8cm.)
出版
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
R.H. Randall, Jr., Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1985, p. 238-239, no. 358
R.H. Randall, Jr., Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1985, p. 238-239, no. 358