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Lot 5001
Spanish Colonial School (19th century), Large Carved and Polychrome Statue of Saint Francis
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Carved wood, with polychrome and gilt, depicting the medieval saint in brown and gilt habit, bearing the stigmata and holding a skull, unsigned. Together with a separate carved giltwood lotus base.

35 x 13 x 12 in.

From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina

Some losses to fingers and skull; some rubbing and losses to polychrome, some areas with later polychrome and gilt; some later nails to base; areas of old insect damage.