18th century The smoothly-polished stone superbly carved in the round as a recumbent ram with its head slightly turned to the right, a boy leaning on the ram and holding a rope tied to the ram's head, the ridged horns delicately terminating at the back over finely-hollowed ears, the legs tucked underneath the powerful body accentuated by the smoothly-ridged spine, the stone of an even pale green stone, with some russet to the left horn, wood stand, box. 16cm (6 1/4in) wide (3).