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LOT 1743
Medieval Limestone Corbel of a Demon
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (7.7 kg, 35.5 cm).
Carved in the half-round with thigh-length robe, piriform head with high-relief lips and eyes, broad headdress or hair, lower legs absent; ovate to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom East Anglia, UK.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a West Midlands, UK, private collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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From the Romanesque era onwards, images of demons, often carved on the external sides of cathedrals and churches, were strongly linked to the fantastical and monstrous creatures of ancient myth and legend. For theologians, supernatural creatures which could not otherwise be explained were not of God and therefore had to be demonic: their incorporation in the ecclesiastic structures showed that their malevolent powers could be kept under control only through the protection of the church. This origin of Christian demons is likely to have influenced the visual representation in medieval culture as hybrid and monstrous, especially given the increased interest in Greek works from the twelfth century onwards in the West.
