A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with only slight movement

with only slight movement

This is just so very French

The right leg is missing but could be replaced

decorative and perhaps slightly unsettling

There have been one or two structural repairs

A Fine Early 18thC Polychrome Painted Cherub Head Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with only slight movementOrigin: Italian or German Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 20 Height: 10. 25 inches Width: 6 inches Depth: 2. 75 inches (all at maximum) The beautifully carved and polychrome painted soft wood wall mask formed as a cherub or young maiden having a pierced gilt painted scrolling top above a protruding female head bordered with gilt scrolls above further scrollwork surviving from early eighteenth century Europe. There is