Medieval Limestone Madonna with Orb Statuette

(2.9 Kg, 37 cm tall.).

Mid-14th to early 15th century AD. A delicately carved (probably in Caen stone) Rheims full-length figurine of a robed and long-haired female saint (or the Virgin Mary?) holding and looking at an orb in her right hand; set upon a square integral base, the hands showing the typical long, slender and straight fingers of the Romanesque style.

Provenance

Ex Christie's Sale 5023, 22 January 2006, Lot 76; ex the late Michael Collishaw Collection.

Footnotes

This figurine is a good example of medieval ecclesiastical statuary and would probably have been set into a niche in a shrine.

CONDITION

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LOT 631

Medieval Limestone Madonna with Orb Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,350

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