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    Posted 9 years ago

    kivatinitz
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    We bought this sculpture 16 years ago. We call her Irene; because that was the name we had chosen if one of our children was a girl. But you know in our family this velvet always small is the only girl, there are only boys. She is wonderful; she has a sort of resignation or bored attitude trying to read the vowels and the one digit numbers. I learn to read before going to school thanks to the younger sister of my mother and She reminds me of her. Now we leave so apart that it hurts me. So the emotional value I give to this sculpture makes me not enough impartial to give an opinion of its real value. I loves marbles, they are of different colors and textures: a white glossy one, the bonnet seems of rosso di Verona but it is more orange, and the robe is probably of granite, it is spotted in white, browns and ruby, it is not so glossy and there are some porosity between the colors. I am not an expert at all in this theme. I say because the column on what it stands is very green but I will post it not now. The lace of the bonnet and the book of the base are tinted marble in gold and red. I do not understand the signature (last picture) but I seems like G. Martori. Enjoy this little treasure.

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    Comments

    1. Zowie Zowie, 9 years ago
      Kivatinitz I love your girl bust she is great. Sorry cannot help
    2. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      Thanks Zowie and nutsabotas6 for the comments and AGH and vetraio for all your loves.
    3. Zowie Zowie, 9 years ago
      The second letter looks like a e to me could it be merit & did I also see numbers above it to the right with some letters or am I seeing things
    4. Zowie Zowie, 9 years ago
      My pleasure if it's your weekend have a good one be safe & happy to you & family
    5. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      By the (cap?), might be Dutch. If so, she has a job ahead of her! I took Dutch residency 32 years ago & my vocabulary is less the a dozen words! LOL!! A complete corruption of Deutsch.
    6. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      thanks to all. Yes it could be dutch, you know you are not the only to complain about to complain about the language....
      Zowie many thanks to you I will try with merit seching the web
    7. kyratango kyratango, 9 years ago
      Wonderful piece of art, the marble mix is so skillful!
      You may try a rubbing of the signature, it will be more neat, I think :-)
    8. inky inky, 9 years ago
      Oh! I do love this, it is so beautiful and so very skilfull....just wonderful kivatinitz..:-)
    9. surfdub66 surfdub66, 9 years ago
      The stunning Irene!!
      She's beautiful kivatinitz :-))
    10. racer4four racer4four, 9 years ago
      She is so beautiful. The variation of stone used and the exquisite modeling.
      A poignant beauty for you.
    11. SEAN68 SEAN68, 9 years ago
      stunning !!! very beautiful!!
    12. Rick55 Rick55, 9 years ago
      Oh wow Silvia.. I love this!! The contrasts between the colors against the creamy marble is striking!!
    13. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      Thanks for the kind commentaries Rick, Sean, racer, surfdub, inky, kyratango, blunder, Zowie and Nutsabotas
    14. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      thanks for the loves woman34, moonhill, mikel, katherinecollections, melanie, surf, vetraio, Ivonne and AGH
    15. Zowie Zowie, 9 years ago
      My pleasure it's just so stunning
    16. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      Sklo, Vladimir, Mikel and Freiheit thanks for the loves
    17. kivatinitz kivatinitz, 9 years ago
      thanks courtenayantiques for the love

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