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It is adorned with cast white-metal Gothic decorative mounts and a finely modelled non-ferrous corpus of Christ. The reverse is untouched and displays the honest hand-finished construction expected of a devotional object intended for display rather than decoration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStanding approximately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 cm (11 inches)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e high, this would originally have been used on a domestic prayer altar, in a convent, monastery cell or small chapel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe piece displays attractive age-related wear and patination consistent with well over a century of devotional use. 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