Gothic Ivories Project | Knop (fragment of a crozier) (Side 1)

Knop (fragment of a crozier) (Side 1)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
natmus.dk

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Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet

Inv. D201/1980

Walrus ivory

Height: 65mm
Width: 56mm
Depth: 26mm

Side 1
Christ in glory; blessing gesture; open book.
Side 2
Crucifixion.

Liebgott 1985 and Museum's opinion 2013: Danish, 2nd half of the 13th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red and gold (Christ's tunic), green.

Reverse
Carved on both sides.

Object Condition
Missing: most of the Crucifixion scene.

Provenance
Attached to the pulpit sounding board in Arup Church, Northern Jutland. Purchased in 1950 by the Nationalmuseet.

Bibliography
N. K. Liebgott, Elfenben - fra Danmarks Middelalder (Copenhagen, 1985), p. 46, figs. 41-42.

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