Head of a Crozier with a Serpent Devouring a Flower

Unknown Artist

ca. 1200–1220

Head of a Crozier with a Serpent Devouring a Flower by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper: formed, engraved, chased, scraped, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: medium and light blue, light green, yellow, red, and white; glass cabochons

Dimensions

9 1/8 × 5 1/16 × 2 3/4 in. (23.1 × 12.8 × 7 cm)

Classification

Enamels-Champlevé

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.833a, b

Tags

Serpents

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