Ivory Sculpture Fragment of Saint Anthony of Padua
Text
Standing male figure, holding a book in his hand, on which the figure of a baby Jesus was represented, of which only the feet remain. He wears a habit fitted at the waist with a Franciscan girdle and sandals.
Reasoned Classification Due to the type of folds of the clothing, it can be identified with a colonial ivory, Hispanic-Filipino.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: FERRÂO DE TAVARES E TÁVARA, Bernardo, Imaginería Luso-oriental, Lisbon, 1983, p. 161 [For pieces with the same iconography]
Cataloging Estella Marcos, Margarita Mercedes; Simal Lopez, Mercedes
Share this