Description
Type: scraping figure
Workshop: unknown
Object: figure
Material: presumably clay (unfired) and brown, green, and red pigments
Dimensions: height: 4.9 cm, width: 1.9 cm, depth: 1.5 cm
Periode of Manufacture: probably 18th century
Condition: partial loss of colour and clay
Mark: none
Provenance: Helmut Nemec Collection
Details:
This carved Madonna is thought to depict the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland). The scraping figure is sold for decorative purposes only and not for use as a scraping figure.
