The Christ Child
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Not receiving at present
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
This ivory statuette depicting the naked Christ Child is Cingalo-Portuguese (Sri Lanka), made in ca. 1650. It was formerly thought to be Portuguese and then re-assigned to Goa. Comparisons with similar figures suggest it is in fact from Sri Lanka.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.63-1927
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 10 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
