An 18thC French Carved & Polychrome Decorated Fragmented Figure of Christ c.1750-1800

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An 18thC French Carved & Polychrome Decorated Fragmented Figure of Christ c.1750-1800Origin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1750 1800 Height: 21 Width: 5 Depth: 3 (all at extremities) Dating from the Louis XVI period, the well carved softwood figure of Christ, or Ecce Homo, hand painted and partly gilded, with traces of red pigment as the rawness of flesh, the toga gilded and the grey green paint now distressed commensurate with age, surviving from an ecclesiastical setting from the eighteenth century. Although

The reverse shows the oak medullary rays and the remains of the paper backing where it would once have been framed

numbered nine and signed verso with a monogram TA(

25” x 18”

the hinged centre dropper panels depicting two paintings of swallows in flight on a gold painted central roundel with emerald green highlights and laurel leaf motifs

A highly desirable piece of Arts and Crafts period ware

There are traces of old woodworm to parts but it is not active nor has it made any part of the structure suspect

properties in George Yard and the Flower and Dean Street area were also suggested for redevelopment

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The face is in as found condition and has not been cleaned or restored in any way

Hauntingly intriguing

There are the expected areas of wear to the ebonised finish at its extremities whilst there is no loss to the gilt-metal detailing

nor signs of stains or discoloration

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