Polychrome terracotta crib ox with glass eyes. The animal is lying down with its legs bent, its tail passing under its belly and resting on its right hind leg.
Italy, Naples, second half of the 18th century
Height: 21 cm - Length: 41 cm
Old collection label
Provenance: formerly Doria family, Genoa (slight accidents and restorations, ears missing)
A comparable ox from a Neapolitan Shepherds' Nativity presented in a grotto can be seen in the Bavarian National Museum (fig.)
Döderlein, Alte Krippen, Munich, n.d., ill. 47.
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