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Puerto Rican Three Kings ca 1880s
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Pre 1900 item# 822694
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El Alcazar
Tel.787-723-1229 Fax.787-725-0248
1450.00
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Unusual 19th century Puerto Rican Three Kings-hardwood base is replacement--figures have been painted several times-these are considered household saints and were painted over and over to honor them--santero is unknown, but he made his horses with long camel legs and padded feet- tails are composed of silk threads as well as mane on horses forehead-unusual representation-piece found in Puerto Rico-large 13.5 inches high-5 inches wide-16 inches long-one of a kind-charming
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Carved Spanish Colonial Crucifix ca 1800
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Pre 1800 item# 775557
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El Alcazar
Tel.787-723-1229 Fax.787-725-0248
1950.00
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Rare old believer Spanish Colonial carved wood polychrome crucifix--ca 1800-maybe earlier--depicts the brutality of the crucifixion--blood-gore--unusual that it shows the devastation of the flagellation-taking skin off to bone---all original--these were made in the old days to be paraded during Good Friday--seldom found-32 inches by 13 inches--probably Mexican-inset glass or flint eyes--not reproduced in todays politically correct environment--finely carved
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