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| Keywords: Anatolian - Figurine of a Child - Walters 42360.jpg Rock crystal figures of the Christ child are among the rarest of luxury items to have been made for the Portuguese in India and Sri Lanka This sculpture was likely once adorned with a golden crown inlaid with jewels and would have been elevated on an equally luxurious pedestal probably surmounted by a globe Though the subject was introduced by Christian missionaries the figures were sculpted by local artists The large eyes frontal posture and soft fleshy limbs bear a resemblance to features seen in Hindu Buddhist and Jain devotional images late 1500s CE rock crystal cm 6 5 2 9 2 accession number 42 360 30289 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Undercover Stories in Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1980 place of origin Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Rock crystal objects | ||||
