Material : Ivory
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
Moyen-Age
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Objets d'Art
Object (Coffret)
Vitrine : V28
Area related
Paris (France)
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This secular romance casket is one of the most imposing examples to survive from the Middle Ages.
The lid represents the assault on the Castle of Love with knights catapulting roses and a tournament.
The left end depicts Tristan and Isolde spied by King Mark and a hunter killing a unicorn trapped by a virgin.
The right end shows a knight rescuing a lady from Wodehouse, and Galahad receiving the key of the castle of Maidens.
At the back are Lancelot and the Lion, Lancelot crossing the sword bridge, Gawain asleep on the magic bed, and the maidens welcoming their deliverer.
The newly front panel, lost since 1800, in a depiction of he love tragedy of Pyramus and Thsibe (two scenes at right) and Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great and Phyllis riding on the back of Aristotle (two scenes at left).
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