NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY

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A RECTANGULAR ALABASTER RELIEF OF THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST
NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY

On a later support.
Traces of polychromy; the lower section of the relief a restoration; the background drilled with three holes; chips and abrasions overall.
14in. (35.5cm.) high

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
F. Cheetham, English Medieval Alabasters - With a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Oxford, 1984, pp. 224-231, nos. 151-158

Lot Essay

A number of treatments of the subject are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The pose and armour of the soldier grabbing hold of Christ's robe is particularly close to the corresponding figure in Cheetham, op. cit., p. 229, no. 156.

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