Rare Spanish Colonial 'Cristo Negro' crucifix, carved wood a...

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£250 - £350

Rare Spanish Colonial 'Cristo Negro' crucifix, carved wood and polychrome dectorated gesso, 19th century, old paper label in Spanish verso, 21'' high 
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** Christ figures of this colour were modelled after the 'Black Christ of Esquipulas' of Guatemala, originally carved in 1595 and intended to assist in converting an indigenous population