A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Antiques with botanical and religious themed

with botanical and religious themed stylised carved decoration to all four-side panels sitting on a moulded plinth base

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A Beautifully Carved Early 18thC Portland Stone Bust of a Young Woman sub-Antiques with botanical and religious themedOrigin: English Period: Early Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1720 1740 Height: 21 inches Width 10 inches Depth: 16 inches In one piece with backstrut, the section projecting on a later base of cement, the carved Portland stone (limestone) bust of a young woman in three quarter relief, wearing a headscarf, her hair centrally parted and arranged in two braids survives from the first half of the eighteenth century. Wonderfully weathered,