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LOT 1336
Large Medieval Crusader Period Carved Capital
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/8 in. (118.4 kg, 46 cm high).
A large stone architectural column capital modelling curled acanthus leaves, rising from a narrow stem, curving outwards and away from each other
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
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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LOT 1336
Large Medieval Crusader Period Carved Capital
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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