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Large Hispano-Philippine Male Santos

Large Hispano-Philippine Male Santos
19th century, Bulan, Sorsogon, carved with his head tilted to one side, draped in stylized clothing, raised above a swirling cloud form base. 21 1/2"H.
Condition: wear to cowl, neck repaired with a nail, facial features softened, lacking hands, crack to verso, small crack to front of robe hem, covered in traces of gesso and polychrome enamels.18 1/2"H. Provenance: The Mr. & Mrs. Lester Andelson Collection Exhibition: The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, February 9, 1981. Literature: Philippine Religious Imagery, Fernando Zobel de Ayala, 1963.

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