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Lot 197
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ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY | Pair of reliquary busts, one probably Saint Blase

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Pair of reliquary busts, one probably Saint Blase
  • gilt and polychromed wood
  • heights 36 and 36  1/2  in.; 91.5 and 92.7 cm.

Provenance

Estate of Carolyn W. Ferriday;
Sotheby's New York, 1 June 1993, lot 173

Catalogue Note

Compare a gem-set giltwood  bust of Saint Blase with extremely similar features to the bust on the right, dated 18th century, in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cantalupo-in-Sabina, Lazio.