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Continental Carved Ivory Figure of The Crucifix

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD
Continental Carved Ivory Figure of The Crucifix
<B>A Continental Carved Ivory Figure of The Crucifix</B></I><BR><BR>Unknown maker, Continental<BR>Nineteenth Century<BR>Ivory and velvet<BR>Marks: three paper labels on the reverse, <I>Zuley Arte Decorativo,</B></I> <I>Cricifixion / Pierre de Benoit / Paris 1740,</B></I> and a <I>certificado</B></I> from <I>Yocasta...Galeria Del Sol....</B></I><BR>10 in. high (Christ), 26.5 in. high overall<BR><BR>Depicting the figure of Christ crucified on the cross, wearing an iron crown, eyes gazing upwards, and mouth parted, with hair falling around his shoulders, his hands secured to the cross by iron spikes, loin cloth tied with a rope around his hips mounted on an ivory cross with an ivory scroll affixed with an iron spike, all fitted on a velvet covered mount1 <BR><BR><B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age and some small usual repairs
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