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LOT 0416
Medieval Marble Capital with Winged Demon
LATE 12TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 in. (14.05 kg total, 37 cm including stand).
Carved capital to a column with crouching nude figure, swept-back hair and wings spread along two adjacent edges, tail looped to the side, foliage arches to the rear, ledge below, two dressed faces to the rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Christie's, Paris, 19 June 2018, no.34.
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