SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb black and yellow painted with a bit of the

with a bit of the feeling of an hourglass

4 3/4” l x 2 1/2” w x 3 1/4” t and in good condition excepting the fact that there might once have been a tail

This lovely studio pottery vessel makes a great small planter

Not a bad reference to keep near at hand

including lining the interior of the box with wallpaper

SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb black and yellow painted with a bit of theAs you likely know by now I have a penchant for things with a certain awkwardness about them which I find to be marvelously the case with this antique carving of Santo Nino (baby Jesus), whose head is very large in proportion to the rest of his body, and who looks as much like an old man (or woman) as a child to me, though admittedly this is often the case. Clearly, he has also lost an arm, which perhaps held a scepter, but he still has his orb in