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His teeth and tongue are visible, his nose is running, and tears are seen springing out of the eyes. The piece is signed on the back, ' L. von.  Lücke'.  This piece is related both to other ivories ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, and to some of the works he modelled for the Vienna porcelain factory. Two analogous ivory heads of crying boys, and one of a yelling boy are in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. The two crying heads in Braunschweig are ascribed to Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, although the yelling head is more likely to be Netherlandish, and to date from the first half of the seventeenth century.  Lücke was a member of a large family of ivory-carvers and modellers. Born about 1703, probably in Dresden, he worked as a modeller in the Meissen factory before travelling widely and working in various towns till his death in 1780.","physicalDescription":"Bust of a boy. 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