Chiseled and partially gilded bronze Christ of... Lot 40

Chiseled and partially gilded bronze Christ of application. Christ is depicted with a beard, long hair resting largely on his shoulders and is detached from the nape of his neck by two days. The perizonium tied at the front. Christ rests on a monster's head with a gaping mouth. Collector's markings on the reverse and dates 1898. Central Italy, circa 1130. Provenance: Suzor Collection. H: 20,2 cm. A comparable model in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum under the n°95-1882. Bibliography: P. Bloch, Bronze-Romanische Kruzifixe, Bronzegerate des Millelalters, t.5,. Berlin, 1992, p.187