Inv. OA/3062
Annunciation (later); dragon head.
Foliated decoration.
Painted knop: four unidentified saints in bust. Painted inscription.
Carli 1989: 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2015: mid-14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive polychromy and gilding: gold, red and black (foliated decoration, painted inscription, four unidentified saints around the knop, interlace), red (dragon's tongue and ears). Unidentified coat of arms.
Reverse
Carved on both sides.
Object Condition
Missing: centre piece of the crozier (replaced with a later scene of the Annunciation).
Comments
The Annunciation scene in the volute is a 17th-century addition, according to Carli 1979.
Provenance
Unidentified coat of arms. Said to have belonged to the archbishops of Siena but, according to Carli 1979, belonged to the abbots of San Galgano.
Bibliography
E. Carli, Il Duomo di Siena (Genoa, 1979), p. 160.
E. Carli, Il Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Siena, 1989), p. 47.
Bastoni: materia, arte, potere, ed. by A. Gerardi, R. Traballesi, A. Zina, exhibition catalogue, Siena, Complesso museale di Santa Maria della Scala, 16 June-26 August 2006.
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