Lot 197: A CARVED IVORY CORPUS CHRISTI

A CARVED IVORY CORPUS CHRISTI
BY MICHAEL HAGEN (1809-1873), GERMAN CIRCA 1861
The figure of Christ with seperately carved arms and signature on the back of the perizoneum M.Hagen 1861, mounted on the original ebonised crucifix, the reverse with paper label inscribed 1850 No M Hagen
The corpus 29 cm. high; 91 cm. high overal

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