A polychrome and gilt heightened carved wood reliquery bust of a bishop saint

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A polychrome and gilt heightened carved wood reliquery bust of a bishop saint
shown with mitre, the integral stepped plinth carved with the figures of a child and putto flanking a vacant aperture and inscribed indistictly within cartouche panels, some redecoration, Italian or Spanish, late 16th/early 17th century -- 21½in. (54.5cm); and a polychrome carved wood fragment Corpus Christi, distressed, German or Austrian, 18th century (2)

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