Ventes live - Lot 191
[The five wounds of Christ].
China, 19th c
€ 500 / 600
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Description du lot
Engraving, finished with painted details in colours, 63 x 123 cm, paper laid down on cardb. mount (sl. browned, cracking in the upper and lower margins, text line on upper margin trimmed).
Unframed.
The prayer of the "Five holy wounds", introduced in the 17th c. in China by the French missionary from the "Missions étrangères" Jean Martin Moye, is translated and printed in Chinese. Historiated medallions titled in Chinese surround the crucifixion.