Panel
1500-1600 (made)
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Oak panel, composed of three planks dowelled together, with exposed dowels along the top and bottom edges. It is carved with a female figure (Earth?), bare-breasted and cross-legged, seated in a sled-chariot drawn by two elephants with castles on their backs. In her left hand she holds a piglet. The background is composed of hills on which are trees and (ruined?) buildings.
The surface appears to have been repaired with nails in places, and the elephant harness is an applied piece of wood (twig?) nailed in place.
The surface appears to have been repaired with nails in places, and the elephant harness is an applied piece of wood (twig?) nailed in place.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Oak, carved |
| Brief description | French 1550-60. Ex Peyre Collection. |
| Physical description | Oak panel, composed of three planks dowelled together, with exposed dowels along the top and bottom edges. It is carved with a female figure (Earth?), bare-breasted and cross-legged, seated in a sled-chariot drawn by two elephants with castles on their backs. In her left hand she holds a piglet. The background is composed of hills on which are trees and (ruined?) buildings. The surface appears to have been repaired with nails in places, and the elephant harness is an applied piece of wood (twig?) nailed in place. |
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| Object history | Bought for £16.13.4 with 699-1895 from Emile Peyre. A third panel (listed as in the Edinburgh Museum on an early photograph) formed an extension to what may have been a freize (from left 699-700-Edinburgh). This panel was formerly in the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French medieval and renaissance artefacts. In 1895 the South Kensington Museum (renamed the V&A in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork from him, (as well as sculpture and metalwork), at a cost of £11,878. 16s. 9d. |
| Associated object | 699-1895 (Ensemble) |
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| Accession number | 700-1895 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2005 |
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