Antique Italian Large Blackamoor Carving

18th century or earlier, with polychrome decoration, attired in a plumed costume including boots, on a custom black painted wood plinth. Figure 54 x 19 x 22 in.

DOA 74" x 26" x 20"

Foster-Gwin Period Antiques, San Francisco, CA. Collection of a Raleigh, North Carolina Lady.

Overall hairlines and fading of polychrome; repair at neck and right arm; right hand with re-carved thumb and two fingers; left hand with two fingers re-carved; chip and hairline to left foot.

$4,000 - 6,000