499917 Three Panels from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, c.1330-1350 (ivory) by French School, (14th century); h:13.00 w:26.20 d:1.00, h:9.80 w:25.90 d:1.00 & h:9.70 w:25.90 d:0.80 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: These ivory panels, along with others, once adorned a large casket. Their crowded carvings explore romantic and chivalric themes, suggesting that the box may have been a courtship gift. In the center panel, knights joust. To their right, knights besiege a castle in hopes of capturing its ladies. At the left is the siege??? aftermath, a knight riding away with a lady astride his horse. ); John L. Severance Fund; French, out of copyright.