The statue is embellished with stone settings on the crown, eyes and loincloth
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An 800-year-old figure of Christ that once adorned St Mary's Abbey in York will be returned to the city after nearly two centuries.
The rare object, made in Limoges, France, in the 13th Century, was found in 1826 in the ruins of the abbey.
It disappeared for 100 years before it became part of a private German art collection in the 1920s.
It was bought by York Museums Trust and will be displayed at the Yorkshire Museum, on the site of the old abbey.
The 16cm figure would have been mounted on an enamelled cross and decorated a religious object, such as a manuscript cover or a casket.
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