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Head of crozier (crosse) (Side)

Head of crozier (crosse) (Side)
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Subject
Religious.


Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 125mm
Width: 123mm

Lamb of God (Agnus Dei).
Painted inscription.

Schnitzler, Volbach, Bloch 1964: Italy, 14th-15th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: gold, red and black. Painted inscription.

Reverse
Carved in round.

Provenance
Collection of Abbé Gounel (or Gounelle?) in Paris. Pincot in Paris. Chappée collection, Le Mans. Daguerre in Paris. Collection of Ernst and Martha Kofler-Truniger, Lucerne (by 1964).

Bibliography
H. Schnitzler, F. Volbach, P. Bloch, Skulpturen, Elfenbein, Perlmutter, Stein, Holz Europäisches Mittelalter, Sammlung E. und M. Kofler-Truniger, 2 vols (Lucerne, 1964), no. S.53, p. 20.


Image

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