A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF MARY MAGDALENE
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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF MARY MAGDALENE

POSSIBLY ALSACE, CIRCA 1500

Details
A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF MARY MAGDALENE
POSSIBLY ALSACE, CIRCA 1500
with old paper label to side of base inscribed 'J40'
41 ¾ in. (106 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection Norbert Fischmann, Munich.
Collection Spengler.
Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main Liebighaus, where acquired 1954, by the grandfather of the present owner.
Literature
W. Pinder, Die Deutsche Plastik vom augehenden Mittelater bis zum Ende der Renaissance, Berlin Neubabelsberg, p. 321, ill. 296.
H. Wilm, Die gotische Holzfigur, Leipzig, 1923, ill. 105.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

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