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AN EXTREMELY RARE PRE-REFORMATION ENGLISH YEW WOOD SCULPTURE OF ST ANTHONY. CIRCA 1450.

AN EXTREMELY RARE PRE-REFORMATION ENGLISH YEW WOOD SCULPTURE OF ST ANTHONY. CIRCA 1450.

THIS BEATIFULLY CARVED SCULPTURE IS UNUSUALLY SCULPTURED IN YEW WOOD. HE STANDS ERECT HOLDING A BELL AND BOOK IN HIS RIGHT HAND, IN HIS LEFT HE HOLDS A STICK AND ROSARY. TO HIS LEFT LEG STANDS A PIG.

PROVENNACE-
THIS RARE ENGLISH PRE- REFORMATION SCULPTURE IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE ANTIQUES YEAR BOOK 1956-1957 AND WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE PRIVATE SPENCER COLLECTIONS.

STUNNING COLOUR AND PATINATION.

STOCK NO 1814.