A Fine 19thC Ivory Carved & Ebony Framed Corpus Christi sub-Antiques a plane lying in pieces

a plane lying in pieces

this superb collaborative work was designed to help artists essentially understand the body's mass and volume

the whole with an exceptional patination and colour

Cast by Mueller & Co of Chattanooga Tennessee and dated to 1961

Width: 22 inches (antlers) or 10 inches (shield)

A Fine 19thC Ivory Carved & Ebony Framed Corpus Christi sub-Antiques a plane lying in piecesOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1860 80 Height: 16. 75 inches Width: 10 inches Depth: 1. 5 inches The Figure: 5. 5 inches The high quality nineteenth century three piece Corpus Christi, intricately carved in ivory, mounted on an ebonised cross with a bone Christian cross below, the whole on an aubergine maroon coloured velvet ground and framed within a Gothic lancet shaped ebonised ripple moulded niche