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LOT 0436
Large Wooden Corpus Christi
17TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 in. (176 grams, 37 cm).
Carved in the round with legs crossed and nail to the feet, hands pierced for attachment; the head tilted with short beard, wearing a loincloth secured by a rope belt; detailed musculature; one thumb absent.
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
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