Virgin and Child in carved wood, carved back.... Lot 220

Virgin and Child in carved wood, carved back. Seated on a throne bench, with a right bust, Mary is carrying her Son seated on her left knee; her face has stylised features with semi-circular eyebrows, protruding almond-shaped eyeballs and a mouth represented by a horizontal furrow; she is dressed in a girdled dress with a simple neckline and a mantle with a flap coming back to the front and forming beak-like folds between the legs. Italy, Piedmont, end of the 13th century Height: 96 cm (some missing parts, including the Virgin's right forearm)