Object Description
A Fine Rare Portuguese Macao Carved Ivory Devotional Plaque Depicting St Jerome Kneeling Before Christ Crucified Gripping the Cross in One Hand Holding a Stone in the other Symbolic of His Asceticism His Hands and Feet with the Stigmata a Sign of His Passionate Christian Devotion His Cardinal’s Hat and Robe Hanging in the Tree God the Father in the Clouds above a Lion at the Saint’s Feet above Him Two Medieval Church Towers
The scene probably based on a European engraving
Portuguese Macao
Mid 17th Century
Size: 12cm high, 8.5cm wide, 1cm deep – 4¾ ins high, 3¼ ins wide, ½ ins deep
IVORY ACT 2018: A certificate for a pre-1918 item of outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value. Certificate number: URR59K10 date: 01/06/2023