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7.   Base and Pedestal of Stone Cross, Kaduthuruthy (Kaduthurutti)
Date unknown: circa 1599, but possibly based on pre-Portuguese models
Kerala, India
Ricci 7  KP India 06 266

This cross is said to have been consecrated by the Portuguese Archbishop of Goa, Alexis de Menezes in 1559. It shows various unidentified scenes, along with portrait heads and elephants, and fleur-de-lis crosses in the lower panels.