Archangel Gabriel (part of an Annunciation scene); dragon head.
Faceted volute.
Foliated decoration.
Randall 1993: Italian, 13th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: yellow (wings), black (wings and hair).
Object Condition
Missing: Virgin; right hand of the angel. Foliated decoration damaged.
Provenance
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill in 1941.
Bibliography
F.W. Robinson, 'A Medieval Ivory Crozier', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 21, no. 6 (1942), pp. 50-51, p. 51 (ill.).
R. H. Randall, The Golden Age of Ivory: Gothic Ivory Carvings in North American Collections (New York, 1993), no. 202.
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