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LOT 1846
Medieval Stone Holy Water Font
CIRCA 14TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (6.25 kg, 28 cm wide).
Squat in profile with foliage and scrolls to the sidewall, deep bowl and pouring lip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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