18th c Spanish Colonial "Madonna of the Books" Polychrome Wood Statue miniatures This wonderfully intricate mid 19th

This wonderfully intricate mid 19th century table cabinet is made of a beautiful light wood and inlaid with bovine bone

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with floral motifs down the handle

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18th c Spanish Colonial "Madonna of the Books" Polychrome Wood Statue miniatures This wonderfully intricate mid 19thWe are offering a Very Rare and Beautiful 18th c Spanish Colonial Polychrome Statue of the Madonna of the Books. (The Virgin and the Child") Also known as the Madonna of the Book. This wonderful hand carved Wooden Statue depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book. The layout and decoration suggest that it might be a Book of Hours, one of those devotional manuals intended for laypeople that gained widespread popularity between the 13th and 16th