Male Dwarf and Child

Description A bearded dwarf with pudgy nose and elongated head covered with short curls is shown on his hands and knees holding a child. The child's hand is preserved on the left side of the face of the dwarf, but its arms and head are missing. There is an unnatural protrusion from the stomach of the dwarf. A perforation from the back to the groin suggests that this piece may have been part of a mechanical toy.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/16/1982	Treatment	cleaned; examined for condition

Exhibitions

• Ivory: The Sumptuous Art. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1983-1984.

Provenance [Old number 3585]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, p 93, no. 712, pl. XXIV; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923