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LOT 2155
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with the Name of a Donor
FRANCE OR BURGUNDY, CIRCA 1510 A.D.
7 in. (149 grams, 18 cm high).
Fragment of a border with stem and flowers, scroll with blackletter script legend 'Julien [.]erget; lead frame with loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex De Baecque Vente aux encheres, 8 June 2013, no.511(part).
Ex central London gallery.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2155
Medieval Stained Glass Panel with the Name of a Donor
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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