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LOT 0363
'Our Lady of the Flames' 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.
Provenance
Acquired Lukas Pearsie, Suffolk, 2012.
Property of a Kent collector.
From the N.J. collection, Leicester, UK.
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 0363
'Our Lady of the Flames' Figural Scene
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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