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AN EXTREMELY RARE ENGLISH 15TH CENTURY NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ALABASTER RELIEF SCULPTURE. CIRCA 1470.

THIS MAGNIFICENT ALABASTER RELIEF DEPICTS THE HEAD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST ON A PLATE, FLANKED BY ST PETER HOLDING THE KEY TO HEAVEN ON THE LEFT AND ST THOMAS A BECKET TO THE RIGHT. BELOW CHRIST APPEARS AS THE MAN OF SORROWS RISING FROM HIS TOMB. AT THE TOP OF THE SCULPTURE TWO ANGELS CARRY AWAY THE SAINTS SOUL IN A NAPKIN.

TRACES OF THE ORIGINAL GILDING.

A MUSEUM QUALITY SCULPTURE. A SIMILAR EXAMPLE IS SHOWN IN THE V AND A MUSEUM, LONDON. BUT THAT EXAMPLE IS NOT AS COMPLETE AS THIS ONE, SEE IMAGE.

PRIVATE COLLECTION.

STOCK NO 1877.

OVERALL SIZE INCLUDING STAND 15" HIGH X 10" WIDE.