A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD

SPANISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
SPANISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
On an integrally carved naturalistic base and later wooden plinth; the reverse hollowed out.
Losses to polychromy and gilding; cracks.
34.1/8 in. (86.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A Spanish polychrome group of the Virgin of Mercy, dated circa 1600 and offered in these Rooms 28 May 1992, appears to be by the same hand.

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