AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN
THE VIRGIN APPARENTLY UNMARKED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE MARK OF GABRIELE SISINO, NAPLES, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled wearing a crown of twelve stars and standing on a crescent and dragon with a celestial globe with an applied band engraved with the signs of the zodiac below, on shaped square base cast and chased with foliage and shells on matted ground, on four lion's-paw feet and applied with two putti, one holding a chalice, the other a bunch of flowers, marked on base, putto, feet and zodiac band, the base with wood core
16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
weighable silver 49 oz. 1 dwt. (1,526 gr.)
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN
THE VIRGIN APPARENTLY UNMARKED, EARLY 18TH CENTURY, THE BASE MARK OF GABRIELE SISINO, NAPLES, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Realistically modelled wearing a crown of twelve stars and standing on a crescent and dragon with a celestial globe with an applied band engraved with the signs of the zodiac below, on shaped square base cast and chased with foliage and shells on matted ground, on four lion's-paw feet and applied with two putti, one holding a chalice, the other a bunch of flowers, marked on base, putto, feet and zodiac band, the base with wood core
16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm.) high
weighable silver 49 oz. 1 dwt. (1,526 gr.)
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