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A RARE 14th CENTURY ENGLISH CORPUS SCULPTURE. CIRCA 1350.

THIS RARE ENGLISH STONE SCULPTURE DEPICTS CHRIST ON THE CROSS STANDING ON A SCULL. THE EDGES CARVED WITH SCROLL DECORATION.

IT IS OFTEN DEPICTED IN IMAGERY THAT THE BLOOD OF JESUS FLOWS DOWN THE CROSS ONTO THE SCULL OF ADAM , SYMBOLIZING THE SACRIFICE OF JESUS WASHING AWAY THE ORIGINAL SIN OF MAN KIND.

IT WAS RETRIEVED FROM A DITCH IN NORTHUMBERLAND MANY YEARS AGO AND HAS BEEN IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION EVER SINCE.

STOCK NO 2073.