28 -The Bantug Virgin

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28 -The Bantug Virgin

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LOT DATA

Starting bid	PHP 4,000,000
Current bid	PHP 5,000,000
Total bids	6

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Provenance: Antonio Bantug; an old family of Laoag, Ilocos Norte; an old church in Ilocos Norte

Late 18th – Early 19th century (circa 1775 – 1825)

Ivory statuette on a giltwood base, encased in an engraved glass cloche, the giltwood top cover surmounted by an outsized silver gilt crown with “gravado” decorations

ivory: 12” x 4” x 4 1/2” (30 cm x 10 cm x 11 cm) virina: 38” x 18 1/2” x 13” (97 cm x 47 cm x 33 cm)