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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1570399, member: 2844&quot;]I get the impression that someone has tried to strip it. Since Jacques has had it for ca 25 yrs, it could be a victim of the &#039;distressed look&#039; fashion which started years before that time. This could also be when the ill-fitting cross was put on.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Spanish or Portuguese (or Indo-) Christ or other statue would be covered in thick layers of gesso and paint. Which is why the carving could be relatively crude, the thick layers would cover most shortcomings in the surface.</p><p>The layers would also have covered the parts where the separately carved arms are joined to the body.</p><p>A (sub)tropical climate isn&#039;t kind on paint, but this has gone a bit further, imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indo-Portuguese Christs are usually ivory, btw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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