This amazing finely cast bronze figure is a fragment of an unknown object, possibly a charm. Depicting a mother with one arm reaching out and around her sucking child's head, with her other arm holding its waist. The child legs are wrapped tightly around the mother's thighs.
Estimated Period: 19th Century
Ex Private Collection, Belgium
Height (Excl. Custom-Made Stand): 8cm
Height (Incl. Custom-Made Stand): 10.5cm
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