Italian Tabernacle c. 1750 with Early Virgin Mary Icon
An engaging and mysterious Italian ebonised dome-top Tabernacle c.1750 with a much earlier polychrome and gilt walnut figure of the Virgin Mary. Mary stands upon a pomegranate, a symbol which represents Mary as the ‘Mother of the Church’. The base also resembles an imperial orb, standing for temporal power. The tabernacle would have been made for private devotion.
Original: $3,725.60
-70%$3,725.60
$1,117.68
Description
An engaging and mysterious Italian ebonised dome-top Tabernacle c.1750 with a much earlier polychrome and gilt walnut figure of the Virgin Mary. Mary stands upon a pomegranate, a symbol which represents Mary as the ‘Mother of the Church’. The base also resembles an imperial orb, standing for temporal power. The tabernacle would have been made for private devotion.
