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

Head of crozier (crosse) (Side 1)

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Subject
Religious. Life of Christ.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 130mm
Width: 110mm

Side 1: Crucifixion with the Virgin and saint John the Evangelist.
Side 2: Standing Virgin and Child (Vierge glorieuse); two standing angels holding candlesticks.
Foliated decoration.

Koechlin Number: 0751

Koechlin 1924: France, end of 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Carved in round.

Object Condition
Tinted ivory.

Provenance
Collection of Mortimer Schiff, Paris: his sale, Leman and Mannheim, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13-17 March 1905, lot 277. Alphonse Kann collection (prior to 1924).

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, p. 269; II, no. 751.

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