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.

Provenance

Private collection, England.

CONDITION

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