CARVED IVORY CHRIST WITH POLYCHROME HIGHLIGHTS AND TRACES OF - Lot 118

CARVED IVORY CHRIST WITH POLYCHROME HIGHLIGHTS AND TRACES OF GILDING. Imploring gaze raised to heaven, open mouth, vein networks visible, perizonium held by a cord with fall on the right hip, slightly bent legs with superimposed feet. Spain, 17th century H: 33.8 x W: 26 cm Weight : 132 g On a panel with velvet background and silver nimbus (small accidents and missing fingers) This Christ is typical of Indo-Portuguese production for the European market. The presence gilding and the beard clearly indicate 17th-century work, as can be seen in several other other Christs from the same period in private collections in Porto and Lisbon. collections in Porto and Lisbon. Source : A expansão portuguesa e a arte do marfim : exposição / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Comemorações Descobrimentos Portugueses. - Lisboa: F.C.G., 1991, pp. 136-138. Citès permit no. 2026/BE00188/CE will be given to the purchaser.