Auction 95 Antiques & Works of Art

585

A Child Jesus as the Good Shepherd


Estimate

4.000 - 6.000


Session 2

5 March 2020



Description

Ivory Indo-Portuguese sculpture
Sleeping Child, dressed in a sheep skin costume with the gourd resting right arm holding the head, while the left arm holds a sheep
The figure sits on a heart which in turn is supported by a three tier stand with a running fountain from where two birds drink on the top, foliage, flowers and grazing sheep in the middle and, on the lower tier, a reclining Mary Magdalene, flanked by two lions
17th/18th century
(losses, faults and restoration)

Height: 22,5 cm


Category

Sculpture



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