Gothic Ivories Project | Painted crozier (crosse)

Painted crozier (crosse)

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Subject
Religious.

Unknown location

S/n

Ivory

Height: 1690 mm (total)

Painted inscription along the volute.
Monster swallowing the base of the volute. Painted saints or apostles in bust under arches around the knop.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive gilding and polychromy: painted saints or apostles in bust under arches around the knop; painted inscription along the volute.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Object Condition
Missing: central scene inside the volute, and foliated extensions along the volute.

Provenance
Pacini collection: his sale, Florence, 25 April 1892, lot 327.

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