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Large silver Christ figure from crucifix, colonial Potosi, ca. 1750.

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Large silver Christ figure from crucifix, colonial Potosi, ca. 1750.
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Large silver Christ figure from crucifix, colonial Potosi, ca. 1750. 109.0 grams, about 4" long and 3-3/4" wide. Heavy and sturdy Christ figure, nicely detailed but somewhat crudely rendered as probably of native manufacture, with holes in hands and feet as once attached to what must have been a massive crucifix, rough-cast on reverse, lightly toned in crevices