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LOT 1746
Medieval 'Our Lady of the Flames' Limestone Figural Scene
15TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
14 7/8 in. (10.55 kg total, 37.7 cm including stand).
Carved in the half-round frieze fragment or devotional sculpture of the Madonna del Fuoco, facing female in wimple and long robe with her right arm bent forward, left arm extended above a child gripping the folds of her robe; billowing flames surrounding the pair; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired Lukas Pearsie, Suffolk, 2012.
Property of a Kent collector.
From the N.J. collection, Leicester, UK.
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LOT 1746
Medieval 'Our Lady of the Flames' Limestone Figural Scene
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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