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LOT 0372
Medieval Painted Wooden Merchant Figure
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
25 3/8 in. (2.7 kg, 64.5 cm high).
With carved detailing and remains of gesso and paint, hollow to the reverse; slender male merchant in floor-length robe gathered at the waist with a narrow girdle, turned collar and three domed buttons, draped mantle to the left shoulder; bonnet with turned brim and two securing tapes with tassels draped to the shoulders; left hand raised supporting a casket or base for a figure (absent); mounted on an octagonal wooden base.
Provenance
Acquired UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman collector.
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