Crèche, mid–18th century, Naples, Italy, Naples, Figures: Polychromed terracotta heads with painted glass eyes, wooden limbs, and bodies of wire wrapped in hemp, clothing made variously of 18th- or 19th-century silks, cottons, linens, leather, and paper, some with metallic threads, some figures with additional elements in gold, silver, pearl, coral, ivory, bone, and wood, additional smaller figures composed entirely of polychromed terracotta or polychromed carved wood, 430 × 465 × 140 cm (overall

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Crèche, mid–18th century, Naples, Italy, Naples, Figures: Polychromed terracotta heads with painted glass eyes, wooden limbs, and bodies of wire wrapped in hemp, clothing made variously of 18th- or 19th-century silks, cottons, linens, leather, and paper, some with metallic threads, some figures with additional elements in gold, silver, pearl, coral, ivory, bone, and wood, additional smaller figures composed entirely of polychromed terracotta or polychromed carved wood, 430 × 465 × 140 cm (overall)

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