Lot 116
  • 116

New Mexican Polychrome Wood Bulto, Possibly Depicting Santa Rosalie, Attributed to Jose Benito Ortega

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
wood, gesso, water soluble paint, cotton cloth, hide strips.

Provenance

Nathaniel Owings, Owings-Dewey, Santa Fe NM
Mark Birner Collection, Denver CO

Condition

Nickel-sized restoration at the neck as well as in-painting around the neck and the cross.
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