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拍品專文
Ivory devotional figures of this type were popular within the entire Spanish empire following the spread of Catholic missionaries in the late 16th and early 17th century. In the Philippines, Chinese craftsmen well-versed in the art of ivory carving were employed to satisfy this demand.
This beautifully carved figure is stylistically similar to another ivory of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Oriental Museum in Valladolid (Estella, loc. cit.), with comparable almond eyes, lobed nostrils, individually defined strands of curly hair and squat feet appearing from under the thick tunic.
The polychrome-spotted motifs on Saint Francis's drapery can also be seen in other Hispano-Phillipino ivories of the same period, such as a figure of Saint Anthony of Padua in the Cluny Museum, Paris (Estella, loc. cit.).
This beautifully carved figure is stylistically similar to another ivory of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Oriental Museum in Valladolid (Estella, loc. cit.), with comparable almond eyes, lobed nostrils, individually defined strands of curly hair and squat feet appearing from under the thick tunic.
The polychrome-spotted motifs on Saint Francis's drapery can also be seen in other Hispano-Phillipino ivories of the same period, such as a figure of Saint Anthony of Padua in the Cluny Museum, Paris (Estella, loc. cit.).