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LOT 1866
Medieval Bronze Corpus Christi
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (39.4 grams, 67 mm high).
Modelled in the round Corpus Christi with downcast head, draped loin cloth; hand pierced for attachment. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
Literature
Cf. for similar crucifix in wood in Lorch (circa 1500 A.D.) in Kopania, K., Animated Sculptures of the Crucified Christ in the Religious Culture of the Latin Middle Ages, Warszawa, 2010, p.357.
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