Large Bloody Christ With Outrages Sculpted Polychrome Hindu Portuguese 17th Century

Rare 17th Century Portuguese Hindu Christ of Sorrow.
An astonishing and rare 17th century Portuguese Hindu Christ of Sorrow in carved and painted wood.
The body, even if it remains somewhat naive, is reminiscent of certain Christs of Romanesque art. Here our Chris retains some naive details while respecting fairly accurate proportions.
The body therefore remains thin and slender, the ribs are very prominent and the back is studded with edema and bloody wounds indicating the outrages suffered.
The perizonium is very important and its drapery complex.
The arms and hands are of great finesse and bubbling blood comes out of the nails that supported it on the cross.
The face is sublime with an extraordinary gaze and an exceptional quality of sculpture, the long hair curls into finely sculpted curls and it is the same for the delicate bifid beard.
The forehead is crossed in certain places by thorns of the crown in strong relief even if the supports of this crown remain which has disappeared.
the face is of a finesse and expresses a tenderness and a compassion of a rare intensity.
This Christ does not present any restoration and has preserved the integrity of its polychromy.
a rather extraordinary Christ which makes you want to believe.
Note that most of the time these Christs were made of ivory, ours is in polychrome wood!

a Christ of great beauty of museum quality.

dimensions:
37 cm high by 30 cm wide.

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