534 - José CUBERO GABARDON (Baena, 1818–Málaga, 1877)

José CUBERO GABARDON (Baena, 1818–Málaga, 1877) "Nativity Scene" A set of about twenty figurines made of polychrome terracotta, wood, and papier-mâché; some dressed in fabric (including a donkey, an ox, a musketeer, a hermit, a peddler, a peasant woman, an Asian man, a wise man, a bullfighter, a male figure, a mandolin player, a market vendor with a basket, a bearded man, an onion seller, a seated young girl, a fishmonger, a young man wearing a cape, an old woman with a jug, a woman in black wearing a large hat, a wine merchant, a fisherman, a water carrier, and additional elements) One figure bears an old label: “JOSE CUBERO / ESCULTOR / Pasaje de Heredia (A) 23 / MALAGA” Dimensions of the donkey: H 15 x W 25 x D 16 cm Damage and missing parts Provenance: Private collection of Canon Eugène MULLER (1861–1948), passed down through the family Appraisal by Cabinet Sculpture et Collection