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The object was created in the Portuguese colony of Goa in the seventeenth- century. The style of the facial features, the heavy lidded eyes and the wavy hair respectively, point towards this origin.\nIvory carving had a long tradition on the Indian subcontinent, and elaborate works of art were made, particularly as diplomatic gifts, often presented to Western rulers. From the sixteenth century onwards, the four main missionary Orders, the Augustinians, Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans, built churches and aimed to convert the inhabitants of India. The ivories would assist in the presentation of Christian imagery, as well as being exported back to churches, convents and private collectors in Europe.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Carved ivory bust of the Virgin in half-length, polychromed (probably truncated from a full-length figure). Her hands are clasped in an attitude of prayer. Her long hair is coloured dark brown to form a priming for gilding, of which slight traces remain, as well as remains of flesh colour on the hands and face and crimson of the Virgin's dress and girdle. 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