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LOT 1936
Post Medieval Oak Statue of Mary and Child
CIRCA 19TH CENTURY A.D.
19 3/4 in. (2 kg, 50 cm high).
Modelled in the round, Mary wearing elegantly draped tiered garments and supporting the infant Jesus on her bent left arm, holding a lily in her right hand; Jesus carved in active pose wearing an ankle-length robe, holding a fold of Mary's wimple and clutching an orb; rectangular rustic base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the late 2000s.
Private Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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