AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF A GIRL FEEDING DOVES(?), by Iem. ??? Possenti, the barefoot girl shown kneeling, her hair falling down her back, resting a bowl of berries on her lap and offering up her right hand to a dove perched on her left arm, whilst another dove sits on the bowl edge with a companion to it's side, on a circular base inscribed, Peschke Fecit. and signed IEM POSSENTI Sculp; on verde marble pedestal with pivoted stepped circular top above fluted upright with stepped base and octagonal foot, (the girl with one toe restored to her left foot, the dove seated on the bowl with repaired beak and tail, it's companion at the base with repaired beak; the pedestal with chips and losses)

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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF A GIRL FEEDING DOVES(?), by Iem. ??? Possenti, the barefoot girl shown kneeling, her hair falling down her back, resting a bowl of berries on her lap and offering up her right hand to a dove perched on her left arm, whilst another dove sits on the bowl edge with a companion to it's side, on a circular base inscribed, Peschke Fecit. and signed IEM POSSENTI Sculp; on verde marble pedestal with pivoted stepped circular top above fluted upright with stepped base and octagonal foot, (the girl with one toe restored to her left foot, the dove seated on the bowl with repaired beak and tail, it's companion at the base with repaired beak; the pedestal with chips and losses)
the group: 23½in. (59.6cm.) high
the pedestal: 43½in. (110.5cm.) high

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