A GROUP OF FIVE ITALIAN POLYCHROME WOOD CRCHE FIGURES

NEAPOLITAN, 18TH CENTURY

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A GROUP OF FIVE ITALIAN POLYCHROME WOOD CRCHE FIGURES
Neapolitan, 18th Century
Comprising a standing figure of a shepherd boy; a Neapolitan fisherman; a standing female figure called "Giuseppina with the Goiter of Casoria," who holds a small basket of eggs and has two larger baskets of potatoes and three large turkeys; a hunched-over figure called "Ciociaro, a rich land owner from Caserta," who holds a long wooden keg; and another standing shepherd boy holding a wooden crook
15in. (38cm.) high, the tallest (12)
拍場告示
As with the previous lot, the second figure from the left in the bottom row is labelled incorrectly in the catalogue -it is shown correctly as part of lot 181 on the view screen.