A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME WOODEN BUSTS OF FEMALE SAINTS

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME WOODEN BUSTS OF FEMALE SAINTS
SPANISH, 17TH CENTURY

Formerly reliquary busts.
Areas of the polychromy distressed; cracks; each with a later circular wooden insert in the chest; minor damages.
25 and 25¼in. (63.5 and 64.1cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

Although these busts were originally intended to contain relics in their hollow interiors, the style and the excellent quality of their present polychromy suggest that they were converted for secular use at an extremely early date.