Medium: Ivory
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Dates:17th century
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 3 x 2 1/2in. (26.7 x 7.6 x 6.4cm) mount: 10 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (27.3 × 8.3 × 6.7 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Asian Galleries, Arts of South Asia, 2nd floor
Accession Number: 18.187
Catalogue Description: Figural pillar, ivory, with Christ the Good Shepherd at the top of an ornately carved pillar with base ringed with sheep and acroteria, Magdalene in cave above which are animals and the Fountain of Life with devotional figures surrounding. There are traces of red and green color gilding. Condition: Large crack in base. Christ figure separated from pillar (pins broken). Sheep at proper left foot of Christ is missing front feet. Sheep in Christ's arm is missing head. Description in the 1918 AAA auction catalogue (cat. #920): CARVED IVORY GROUP A Shepherd Rockery. Portuguese (Goa). On the summit of a rocky mountain sits a youthful shepherd, asleep. In the three tiers below, along paths, are his wandering flock and dogs. In the front at the bottom is a kneeling woman, in canopied nich. On an oval base./Height: 10 1/2 inches; width, 3 inches.