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LOT 0370
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with Head of St Michael
ENGLAND, CIRCA 1500 A.D.
4 1/8 in. (28 grams, 10.6 cm).
With painted clean-shaven head wearing a gold crown with stem and star above the brow, luxuriant hair, mail gorget or collar to the throat. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMonastery Stain Glass, 1998.
Ex central London gallery.
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