Lot Essay
The cast of characters and their general disposition on the present relief are paralleled by a fifteenth century example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Cheetham, loc. cit.).
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NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY
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A RECTANGULAR CARVED ALABASTER RELIEF OF THE ENTOMBMENT
NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY
With Christ to the centre being lowered into the tomb by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, the Virgin and attendant figures above and Mary Magdalene below; on a modern rectangular textile-covered ground with wood-effect painted frame; traces of polychromy; losses
17 in. (43.1 cm.) high
NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY
With Christ to the centre being lowered into the tomb by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, the Virgin and attendant figures above and Mary Magdalene below; on a modern rectangular textile-covered ground with wood-effect painted frame; traces of polychromy; losses
17 in. (43.1 cm.) high
Literature
F. Cheetham, English Medieval Alabasters, Oxford, 1984, pp. 268-269, nos. 195-196.
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