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Posted 1 year ago
vetraio50
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I do need some help with this piece.
I have an idea or two about its identity, but I am not sure and would invite some comment.
He came from the Rozelle flea market six months or so ago and was just lying on the ground on a piece of canvas on his side.
I suppose he is a paperweight. He is very tactile, weighty and is 12 cm tall ( about 4.7 inches). I pick him up like you'd pick up a chess piece.
I like the way that his face is 'suggested' and the hands are placed in prayer. As you move around it there are different features revealed on his face. He has gold “avventurina” flecks in his tonsured hair and to the edges of his wrists. The cassock is ”a bolle’ which suggests the lace over the plain black surplice. Note the edge of the of the cassock has a clear trim as well.
I think it is a clever piece of glass sculpture.
At the moment he is placed next to a Finnish candle for Xmas.
I keep the decorations to a minimum.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE !!!!! VERY BEAUTIFUL !!!!!
Just a guess but how about Barovia??
This is just a fun piece I found while seaching
http://lavinantiques.com.au/statues/1151.html
Thanks BELLIN68 and ozmarty too!
Fernando Botero is one of my favourite Italian artists, marty! Well picked!
That's a lovely one. Such a pity I haven't got a clue about what it can be :(
thats cool that your using that beautiful piece for a christmas ornament!!!
Thanks austrohungaro!
if i was you vetraio50 just stick with the idea of you think of what it is and i have to say if it feels right in your tummy then stick with buddy!!!!
i love regarless who it is it a BEAUTIFUL PIECE!!!!
It's a wooden one! Many thaks mon amie scandinavian_pieces!
Other candlesticks Robert Welsh on the table with the cracked Lalique coquilles. I got another boxed Welsh in a different form a couple of weeks ago!
I'm thinking of having a candlestick moment.
Thanks Dean and Amie! Dino, can you have a look too at the sommerso I have?
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/34723-sommerso-mystery-vase?in=user
you are so right vetraio50 :) and these are still very beautiful:)