Giacomo Marchino, Italian (1785-1841)
A carved ivory figure of the Penitent Magdalene
after Antonio Canova, Italian (1757-1822)
the seated figure on a rocky base beside a skull, signed MARCHINO F.T.O, raised on an ebonised cylindrical plinth, the ivory 11cm high, 23cm high overall (4"cm high and 9" high overall)