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LOT 0518

Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,160

MEDIEVAL WYVERN GARGOYLE
15TH CENTURY AD
29" (32.9 kg, 74cm).

A large carved sandstone corbel comprising a vertical moulded column section with slot to the rear, grotesque wyvern with straight forelegs supporting the body, head with gaping mouth, ribbed wings folded to the flanks and coiled serpentine lower body.

PROVENANCE:
Ex central London gallery; formerly with Jean-Emmanuel Prunier, 23 January 2011, lot 90; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10219-166465.

CONDITION