Lot 235
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Central America, Guatemala, mid to late 19th century CE. A hand-built wooden latch-doored niche, painted dark red on the exterior with a blue, green, red, white, and black curvilinear and striated pattern on the interior doors, and a Latin cross set within an abstract landscape on the central interior panel. Set before this is a carved wooden Cristo Negro (Black Christ) with hand tatted lace wrapped around his mid-section, old iron chains around his neck, and a cut and stamped tin resplendor (possibly representing the Crown of Thorns) attached to and radiating from his head. This figure is known as Nuestro Senor de Esquipulas and the niche may in fact represent the Santuario de Chimayo also known as the Santuario de Nuestro Senor de Esquipulas which was erected after a friar saw a mysterious light appear from a hillside in the proximity of the Santa Cruz river. According to a famous legend, this friar was curious and followed the light which was coming from the ground. He dropped to his knees and unearthed a crucifix that was later christened Nuestro Senor de Esquipalas. This crucifix was processed three times in a nearby village. All three times it disappeared only to reappear in its hole in the hillside. So the people decided that the Lord of Esquipalas wished to remain there and built a chapel at the site. In very little time, miraculous healings occurred and by 1816, that original chapel was rebuilt as the current Santuario. Size: 3.75" L x 8.75" W x 11.75" H (9.5 cm x 22.2 cm x 29.8 cm)
Provenance: Ex - Morgan collection, Santa Monica, CA
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- Condition: Expected surface wear and losses to wood. Pigments show minor fading. Great patina to Black Christ. Metal resplandor and chains show expected oxidation.
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