Figure Of Christ

Material: limewood. Accession no: MG 042. Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/) [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). This is a German 16th or 17th century painted limewood figure of Christ issuing from a [chalice](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300194762). He is depicted as the Man of Sorrows. He wears a crown of thorns and has his arms crossed at the wrist. Wounds are visible on the hands and side. Only the upper part of the body is visible, the rest is covered by the chalice. The chalice has a round foot, the foot and base of the bowl is decorated with embossed curvilinear motifs. [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/fac71111-ff49-39a9-8b9f-81a86fceb432/?s%3Dfigure+of+christ&pos=3). Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab