Standing Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ holding a fruit or orb with both hands; crown.
Base decorated with an egg and dart border and a border of dentils.
Giusti 1999: Italy (copy of Giovanni Pisano), 19th-20th century.
Attribution
After Giovanni Pisano
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Comments
This is a copy of an ivory statuette made for the Cathedral of Pisa and still there today.
Provenance
Acquired on the art market, Genoa.
Bibliography
P. Giusti in Museo Civico Amedeo Lia: Sculture e oggetti d'arte (I cataloghi del Museo Civico Amedeo Lia), ed. by M. Ratti and A. Marmori (La Spezia, 1999), no. 2.14.
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