Lot 39
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A PARTIALLY GLAZED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AS A CHILD

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A PARTIALLY GLAZED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AS A CHILD
ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY, DELLA ROBBIA WORKSHOP

Wearing the fur garment and billowing blue cloak, with a banner 'ECCEAVD' above naturalistic base decorated with a lizard and frog (restorations, losses)-30¼in. (77cm.) high
Literature
G. Gentilini, I Della Robbia: La scultura invetriata nel Rinascimento, Firenze, pp. 325, 328

Lot Essay

Sold with thermoluminescence certificate 581r66 dated 25 November 1994 from the Research Laboratory for Archaelogy and the History of Art, Oxford University, stating that the sample tested was last fired between 250 and 450 years ago (1744-1544).