A NEAPOLITAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA AND PADDED CLOTH CRECHE FIGURE

A NEAPOLITAN PAINTED TERRACOTTA AND PADDED CLOTH CRECHE FIGURE, 19TH C the modelled and painted shoulder head with glass eyes, composition hands and painted wood lower legs, 59cm hFor a collection of similar Neapolitan figures for the creche of presepio see the catalogue La Strada Romana Works of Art from a Private Collection, Christie's South Kensington, May 14, 2008, lots 352-400.