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~ IVORY CRUCIFIX engraved with gold ink and decorated on the…
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250
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~ IVORY CRUCIFIX engraved with gold ink and decorated on the…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
~ IVORY CRUCIFIX
engraved with gold ink and decorated on the front with fifteen scenes from the Passion of Christ. On the shaft, from bottom to top: the Meal at Simon’s House, the Last Supper, the Washing of the Feet, the Mount of Olives, the Arrest of Jesus, the Appearance before Caiaphas, the Flagellation, the Crucifixion; on the horizontal crossbar, from left to right: the Crowning with Thorns, the Carrying of the Cross, the Raising of the Cross, the Lamentation at the Foot of the Cross, the Entombment, the Descent into Limbo; interlaced friezes on the edges. Stepped plinth in blackened wood.
Italy, 18th century.
Height of cross: 26.4 cm – Width: 18.4 cm – Total height: 31 cm
(one scene missing from the lower section, some damage and restoration work)
Elephantidae spp. (I/A). CIC FR2400600304-K issued on 21/06/2024.
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