Chinese Export Carved Ivory Bible. Unknown maker. Nineteenth/Twentieth Century. Ivory and wood. Marks: engraved across the l...

Description

Chinese Export Carved Ivory Bible
Unknown maker
Nineteenth/Twentieth Century
Ivory and wood
Marks: engraved across the lower front, "Father, Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do"; lower back 8B5 / 71.73, and on wood base, two paper stickers and 8B5 / 71.73
8 inches high
Chinese export carved ivory in the form of a Bible opened to a page depicting the crucifixion, on a carved wood stand.
Provenance: Bessie Heard, McKinney, TX; Bessie Heard Trust

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