Gothic Ivories Project | Head of crozier (crosse) (Side 1)

Head of crozier (crosse) (Side 1)

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Side 1

Side 2

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Subject
Religious.

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Cracow, Czartoryski Museum

Inv. XIII-1093

Ivory

Height: 103mm

Side 1: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two angels holding candlesticks; Virgin holding a flower in her right hand: Christ seated on left arm; Christ holding a fruit in his left hand.
Side 2: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Foliated decoration: ivy leaf or vine leaf.

Koechlin Number: 0758

Koechlin 1924: France, mid 14th century.
Jerusalem 1995: France, c. 1350.
Museum's opinion 2010: France, mid 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Cracked.

Provenance
Unknown provenance.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 269, 271, 274; II, no. 758.
Princely Taste. Treasures from Great Collections, exhibition catalogue, Jerusalem, Israel Museum, 1995.

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