Grand Tour Carved Alabaster Statue of Veiled Lady with Book gerson Overall good condition with a

Overall good condition with a bit of loss along the left edge of the book and few scratches to the surface of the wood

A little surface cracking to the dry wood but overall very good condition

I love how wispy and delicate it looks here

Another terrific old cat with a lot of attitude

Grand Tour Carved Alabaster Statue of Veiled Lady with Book gerson Overall good condition with aThis one! (Forgive the poor photos, I find it so difficult to photograph near white.) I am pretty certain this veiled lady is Grand Tour Italian (meaning, essentially, made as a souvenir for young aristocrats of the 18th and 19th c. making cultural tours of Europe and collecting along the way.) Classically inspired carved Italian marble sculptures of veiled figures had become popular in the 18th century, in significant part as a means for sculptors to