Medieval Isle-de-France Virgin and Child Statuette

15TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

12 3/8 in. (533 grams, 31.5 cm high including stand).

A carved wood figure of Mary and Child; Mary in floor-length tiered robe with bell sleeves, and mantle draped to the shoulders, standing contrapposto supporting Jesus on her left side above her hip; her face and hair carefully carved with fine facial detailing; Jesus shown wearing a robe held from the waist, supporting a book in his cupped left hand; Mary wearing a separate silver-gilt crown with strawberry-leaf upstands supported on a beaded wire frame; silver base with textured rim and openwork trefoils to the upper edge. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Swiss private collection.
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 6-9 June 1945, lot 714.
UK private collection, until 2017.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11281-189577.

CONDITION

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LOT 0451

Medieval Isle-de-France Virgin and Child Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940

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