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An Hispano-Philippine partially painted ivory and wood head of Saint Francis, late 18th/19th century
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- ivory and wood
- overall 12 1/4 in.; 31.7cm.
upon later wood shoulders, painted on the lower edge of reverse with the numbers 11853/ -37
Catalogue Note
This boldly carved head was originally made, together with ivory hands, to be used as part of a dressed figure for a feast day procession. The ivory elements would have been attached to a wood frame and covered with richly embroidered garments.
RELATED LITERATURE
M. M. Estella Marcos, Ivories from the Far Eastern Provinces of Spain and Portugal, Monterrey, 1997, nos. 77-80