The first two featured below I had found in Paris years ago and have been held in thrall ever since by such exquisite delicacy of details...
Does her face not emit the sweetest expression of love?
c. late 19th century
spelter
[13 cm high/ 3.5 x 5.5. cm base]
CAD/US$200/Euros140
*This tiny crowned Virgin and Child is based on the statue above the east transept altar in the 17th century Notre-Dame-des-Victoires church built by Louis XIII in Paris [2eme Arr.]
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