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LOT 0415
Large Post Medieval Wooden Virgin at Prayer Statue
17TH CENTURY A.D.
38 1/2 in. (27.7 kg, 98 cm high).
Modelled in a dynamic standing posture wearing floor-length robes, hands clasped in front of her breast; remains of polychrome pigmentation.
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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