English, 14th/ early 15th century

together with an English, possibly 12th/ 13th century, red sandstone corbel of a maned head and an English, 14th/ early 15th century, sandstone grotesque head of a man

Turbaned Man: There is weathering and some minor dirt consistent with age. There are losses to the nose and the lower corners and some furhter losses. There is a drill hole on top of head. Maned Head: There are losses, wear, weathering, and some minor dirt consistent with age. There are some minor losses to the chin, nose, and forehead. There is a restored section to the corbel stone. Grotesque Man: There are losses, wear, weathering, and some minor dirt consistent with age and placement outside. There are losses to the nose and hair above the proper right eye.
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LITERATURE
Forty Medieval Carvings from the Collection of Richard Wiseman, cat.no.23 for the maned head

RELATED LITERATURE
L. Maeterlinck, Le genre satirique, fantastique et licencieux dans la sculpture Flamande et Wallone, Paris, 1910, p. 65, fig. 10; M. Thurlby, The Herfordshire school of Romanesque sculpture, Logaston, 1999, pp. 27-29