Head of Christ, model late 15th century (cast 17th or 18th century), Italian, Rome (?), Copper alloy; gilded and mounted on a later bronze support; integrally cast suspension tab., 10.2 x 6.7 cm, wt. 277.03 g., Plaquettes, The bust of Christ with a cruciform halo is shown under the dove of the Holy Ghost, the sun, and the moon. This fine but partially cracked aftercast was made in the seventeenth or eighteenth century.
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Head, Christ, model late 15th century, cast 17th, 18th, Italian, Rome, Copper alloy, gilded, mounted, later bronze support, integrally cast suspension tab, 10.2 x 6.7 cm, wt, 277.03 g, Plaquettes, bust, cruciform halo, shown under, dove, Holy Ghost, sun, moon, fine, partially cracked, aftercast, seventeenth, eighteenth
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