Head of a Crozier

13th century (Medieval)

13.8 cm 12 cm 3.6 cm

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This rare and beautiful crozier represents the only known example made entirely of rock crystal, a hard stone that is very difficult to work. The skill of the carver can be seen in the smoothly arching leaves and the series of small hooks, called crockets, lining the outer edg...

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 (?) or 1923 (?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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