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LOT 2090
Bone Corpus Christi
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (21.4 grams, 10 cm).
Carved in the half-round with head tilted and separately carved arms extended, crown of thorns to the brow and loincloth gathered at the hip; feet crossed and pierced with a mounting pin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late Victor Brox.
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