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MEDIEVAL PAIR OF ENGLISH LIMESTONE CORBELS
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
17-17 1/2 in. (62.55 kg total including stands, 43.5-44.5 cm deep).
CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
17-17 1/2 in. (62.55 kg total including stands, 43.5-44.5 cm deep).
Each a rectangular block with carved male head; the figure looking to his right wearing a low chaperon with thick rolled brim; the other figure wearing a close-fitting cap with broad upturned rim; each mounted on a custom-made stand. [2, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Believed to be from a building in the West Country, UK.
Acquired from Lichen Garden Antiques, Oxfordshire, UK, in 2012.
Property of a Kent collector.
LITERATURE:
The cap similar to the style worn by Thomas Cromwell in the portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger in the Frick Collection, New York, Accession no.1915.1.76.
