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Lot description
After Giovanni Della Robbia, Italian, 1469-1529, a polychrome decorated terracotta bust of St John as a boy, 19th century, with blue tunic and sheepskin vest, on a shaped giltwood and polychrome plinth, the bust - 36cm high, 34cm wide, 21cm deep; 45cm high, 43cm wide, 22cm deep overall The lot is accompanied by a thermoluminescence test certificate from Oxford Authentication dating the item to 200-300 years old. Provenance: North Mymms Park, Hertfordshire, home of Mary Morgan, J. Pierpont Morgan's sister. Note: The current lot has similarities to a bust by Giovanni della Robbia gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.190.1408.