A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN FIGURE OF A FEMALE SAINT

GERMAN, LATE 14TH OR EARLY 15TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN FIGURE OF A FEMALE SAINT
GERMAN, LATE 14TH OR EARLY 15TH CENTURY

On a later carved wooden plinth; the reverse hollowed out and inscribed three times '203' and once '34'; the plinth with an old label inscribed on the reverse '34'.
The polychromy distressed; the right hand and an attribute lacking; minor cracks and damages.
26¼ in. (66.7 cm.) high

Lot Essay

The absence of any attribute apart from a crown makes it impossible to identify this female saint, although she may well have been Saint Catherine of Alexandria or Saint Barbara, both of whom were princesses. The distinctly angular drapery folds of her mantle, and especially its dangling sleeves, indicate a date around the year 1400.

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