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Premier Auction - Session I | November 11, 2022

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 445

Two Neapolitan Male Creche Figures

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Italian, 19th century or earlier, of wood and fiber construction, comprising: boy in red jacket and striped pants, with painted shoes, hands, face, and hair, nail attached to oval wood base, 13-1/2 in.; man in hooded cloak with sticks on back, painted shoes, hands, and face, held by circular metal base, 19-1/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Ben Smith, Newnan, Georgia

Condition

loss and chips to paint, surface dirt/accretion, staining, fraying and tearing to fabric; boy missing fingers on proper left hand, significant tears to pants, loose on base; hooded man missing proper right eye and arm (possibly intentional), tears to clothing and cloak, crack and repair to face near proper left eye

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