Carved White Marble Statue Sculpture - Young Shepherd Boy

This is a large and heavy verdigrised carved white marble sculpture of a young shepherd boy and ram/lamb. Probably late 19th/early 20th century in date, the boy stands with his head turned and tilted left whilst looking down serenely upon the feeding animal which is seen predominantly behind him and has curly wool to its neck, the boy's right leg is raised and resting upon a rock and on his right arm rests a guiding stick/crop. He wears a loose and creased draped cloth wrapped around his waist and his right hand rests upon the top of his thigh. Condition-wise, very good on the whole with a small piece away from the back of his left elbow and an historic fracture around his right ankle (old repair), otherwise, no major problems, please see informative close up images supplied. The very (naturally heavy) marble statue has recently been sourced from a large, private country estate and stands an impressive 84cm high and the plinth base measures 24cm across (width). Free shipping to any part of the UK applies and we are very happy to quote for shipping to the USA or Europe-wide. Please do feel free to email with any questions or for any further information required.