Crozier, early 14th century, North Italian, Bone and paint, Overall: 61 x 9 9/16 x 2 7/16 in. (154.9 x 24.3 x 6.2 cm), Ivories-Bone, The crosier was the pastoral staff based on the shepherd's crook and carried by bishops, abbots, and abbesses. This ivory example belongs to a group of objects made in Northern Italy. The form of the Holy Lamb and the black, red, and gold painted leaf decorations represent the final Gothic development of stylized patterns in the oriental manner which had flourished in Sicily and Italy in the 12th century
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Crozier, early 14th century, North Italian, Bone, paint, Overall, 61 x 9 9/16 2 7/16, 154.9 24.3 6.2 cm, Ivories-Bone, crosier, pastoral staff, based, shepherd, crook, carried, bishops, abbots, abbesses, ivory example, belongs, group, objects, Northern Italy, form, Holy Lamb, black, red, gold painted, leaf, decorations, represent, final Gothic, development, stylized patterns, oriental manner, flourished, Sicily, Italy, 12th
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