OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, C/16 Unicorn black and gold Bastet sits

black and gold Bastet sits atop a weathered hieroglyphic-etched base

25" x W: 5" x H: 6"

5" x W: 3" x H: 8

A fearsome ram-headed guardian features in this medieval statue

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, C/16 Unicorn black and gold Bastet sitsOur Lady of Guadalupe, or the Virgin Mary, one of Roman Catholicism's most recognizable icons, but she has also played an important role in Mexico's religious and national history. According to early accounts, the Virgin Mary appeared before an indigenous convert named Juan Diego at Mexico's Tepeyac Hill in 1531 and requested that a shrine be built in her honor at that very site. Juan Diego recounted this meeting to his bishop, who then told him to