18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) painting of leopard with a little roughness in

with a little roughness in a couple of spots around the edge and one dark stain on the inside of the bowl

With kind regards to yourself and Mrs

I have done a fair amount of research

Dimensions: 7 1/2" t x 7" w x 8 1/4" l

18th/19th C Large Carved San Roque Santos (Repaired Head) painting of leopard with a little roughness inThis carved santos is old I'm not an expert but might guess 18th rather than 19th and though he lost his head once along the way, his expressively carved hands are, rather miraculously, in pretty much perfect shape, one of them raised, the other at his knee with index finger pointing south. I am pretty certain he is meant to represent San Roque Saint Roch (patron saint of the sick, the wrongly accused, and dogs), who recovered from the plague, and is