Beschreibung:

The complex three-dimensional rocky lanscape modelled in polychrome-painted carved wood with buildings; Solomon's Temple, a house, a ruined fort, an Alpine-style chalet, and a windmill, all on rocky promontories linked by wooden bridges, the upper tier having; a shepherd with lamb, a sheep, a traveller with swag-bag, a seated farmer and his dog beneath a tree, an angel, a Roman soldier, and another figure, the moss-covered lower tier having a porticoed grotto with Holy Family and onlookers including ox, ass and lamb, the whole with painted Italianate backdrop of temples and other ruins amidst rivers and mountains, in a canted oblong case with removable ebonised glazed front, 90cm wide x 34cm deep x 73cm high