Ivory plaque carved in high relief representing the Crucifixion. In a landscape setting, with trees and the city of Jerusalem in the background, the cross rises, surmounted by the titulus, the skull and bones of Adam at its foot and a lamb; in the lower left corner, the Virgin's Passover with St. John and Mary Magdalene; on the right, a turbaned rider holding a spear; at the top, clouds drawing festoons; inscription on the lower edge: Crucifix lo Christi. Holes of attachment to the upper part.
Sino-Portuguese, 17th century
Height: 13 cm - Width: 7.9 cm - Thickness: 0.9 cm
(upper right angle broken and glued back, part of the shaft of the spear is missing)
This object has a CITES certificate
A carved ivory high relief plaque representing the Crucifixion, Sino-Portuguese, 17th century
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