Lot 249
  • 249

A French carved fruitwood standing figure of a man 16th/17th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 54cm. high, 1ft. 9¼in. and 20cm. high, 8in.
dressed in a robe with painted cruciform motif, together with a small French carved limestone architectural fragment, probably 14th century, in the form of a weeping women wearing a head dress, possibly a depiction of a mourner from a funerary monument, on a modern bronze stand (2)

Catalogue Note

For a similar stylised carved wood figure see The Clive Sherwood Collection, Sotheby's Olympia, 22nd May 2002, lot 275.