A wealthy woman’s ivory mirror case depicting the siege of the Castle of Love. France, 1320-1350 [1720×1740]

[Museum](https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/5973/siege-of-the-castle-of-love). Love and conflict are inseparable in this masterfully carved ivory panel, which originally was the casing for a mirror owned by a wealthy woman. Horsemen enact a mock siege of the “castle of love” while smiling ladies pelt them with roses, the flower associated with love; one even welcomes a soldier who has scaled the battlement.