18TH CENTURY CRUCIFIX: A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF CHRIST ON A CROSS INLAID WITH MOSAIC WOOD VENEER AND IVORY RESTING ON A TORTOISE SHELL BASE MOLDED WITH GUILLOCHET
Lotto 618
1 5001 700
North Europe, probably Flemish, beginning of the 18th century
Inscribed in French ‘Christ donné à la famille Le Dieux Ledoux par abbé de abbaye d’Anchon 17. Abbaye de St. Remy’ [‘Christ given to the Le Dieux Ledoux family by the abbot of the Abbey of Anchon 17. Abbey of St. Remy.’] on a label affixed to the base.
H. 78 cm L.30 cm W. 14 cm
Restorations. Missing a small molding