Auction 101 Antiques & Works of Art

450

A dormant Baby Jesus


Estimate

8.000 - 10.000


Session 2

14 October 2020



Description

Indo-Portuguese ivory sculpture
Pierced silver crib with flowers, baluster columns and embroidered textiles decoration
17th century
(restored sculpture with losses and faults)

Length: 14 cm (Menino Jesus) 12x20,5x11 cm (camilha)


Category

Sculpture


Additional Information

Similar imagery was exhibited at "A Expansão Portuguesa e a Arte do Marfim" in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1991 being published in the exhibition catalogue, pp. 92 and 95, nrs. 223 and 234



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