SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb maine It stands up sturdily on

It stands up sturdily on its feet

all of which are in very good shape

There is an old split on one of the sides and it wobbles just a little when you try

Found in Ohio

Opening: 3 7/8" x 2 3/8"

SOLD Antique Hand-carved Polychrome Santo Nino Holding Orb maine It stands up sturdily onAs you likely know by now I have a penchant for things with a certain awkwardness about them which I find to be marvelously the case with this antique carving of Santo Nino (baby Jesus), whose head is very large in proportion to the rest of his body, and who looks as much like an old man (or woman) as a child to me, though admittedly this is often the case. Clearly, he has also lost an arm, which perhaps held a scepter, but he still has his orb in