Early Neapolitan Gentleman as Reverent Scholar

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13" (33 cm.) Carved wooden head and torso, sculpted brown hair in shoulder-length curls, enamel inset eyes, wooden jointed arms, carved fingers, padded armature upper legs, carved wooden lower legs, bare feet, wearing blue velvet long-railed jacket, ivory silk vest and lace jabot, brown velvet pants. Neapolitan, early 1700s, rare model with intelligent gaze, distinctive body construction.