English, Nottingham School, early 15th Century

Christ laid in the tomb, His mother above with the holy women and St John, St Mary Magdalen below

Chapelle de Kermanac'h, Côtes d'Armor, north coast of Brittany
Purchased in August 1903 by the great grandfather of the present owner from Abbot May, rector of the Parish of Plounévez-Moedec

There is overall wear to the surface with traces of polychromy in the crevices. There are some minor chips and a few minor losses including two branches to the tree in the lower right corner. There is a small hole in the relief to the left of that tree. Otherwise the condition of the relief is good.
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RELATED LITERATURE
F. Cheetham, English Medieval Alabasters (Oxford, 1984) pp. 265-70