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LOT 1732
Large Medieval Crusader Period Carved Basalt Capital
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/8 in. (118.4 kg, 46 cm high).
Architectural column capital modelling curled acanthus leaves, rising from a narrow stem, curving outwards and away from each other. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Lassalle, V., ‘Les chapiteaux, l’organisation du décor et quelques particularités architecturales de l’église Notre-Dame, à Saignon (Vaucluse)’ in Archéologie du Midi médiéval. Tome 20, 2002, pp.37-55, for similar capitals with foliate interlaces, fig.4; Franklin, J.A., ‘The Romanesque Sculpture of Norwich and Norfolk: The City and its Hinterland – some observations’ in British Archaeological Association, 2015, vol. XXXVIII, pp.135-161, figs.9, 10; Fogg, S., Architecture and Ornament, 22 October-19 November, 2020, London, 2020, figs.2,4 and especially 24, from France.
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