Isabelo Tampinco. [ 1850 –
1933 ]
Original title unknown.
painted carved wood.
Sculpture:- 48cm high x 24cm
wide x 17cm deep
Base :- 10.5cm high x 20.5cm
wide x 21cm deep.
Signed:- “ I L T ”
circa, 1870's.
Description.
This is a very charming early
Tampinco wood sculpture.
He was still refining his
craft when he produced this piece and it is not as precise as his
later works. Yet there is a wonderful quality in the work and within
it holds the promise of a very productive future.
I do find the sculpture very
pleasing and has a certain presence about it.
It reminds me a lot of the
Christ Child in the Holy Family, the head is very similar. The Christ
child here is clothed in a brown tunic that is wrapped around him and
worn over His right shoulder, with the left shoulder bare, He is not
wearing an undergarment.
The face is quite disarming,
He is looking down and He has quite a contented, serene look on his
face.
His hair is long and well
carved with ringlets at the back.
His fingers are all intact and
on His right hand one finger is pointing down.
Everything about this
sculpture speaks of volume. The Christ Child is portrayed with still
carrying some baby weight and his clothing is very full, and the
drapery is also full and rounded.
His feet are bare and He is
standing on a raised platform on the base which was painted blue.
This not a finely carved late
Tampinco piece as he most likely did it as an apprentice at the time.
It is really a wonderful
piece, it is a very charming Christ Child.
Distinguishing
marks.
The base is in two sections,
the sculpture and the raised platform are one piece and they stand on
a larger eight sided base, which is larger at the bottom than the
top.
The sculpture is signed on the
centre back of the base, “ I L T ”.
Because of the age of this
sculpture the paint work is faded, but the sculpture itself is in
very good condition.
Written by,
Mark Shellshear.
Independent Art consultant.
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