Lot 12
12
A SPANISH ALABASTER FIGURE OF A PLEURANT, the bearded figure shown standing, his head heavily veiled and long robes falling in vertical folds, a sword hanging at his left side, his arms clothed in long buttoned sleeves and hands held up to his face (fragmentary), circa 1360

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A SPANISH ALABASTER FIGURE OF A PLEURANT, the bearded figure shown standing, his head heavily veiled and long robes falling in vertical folds, a sword hanging at his left side, his arms clothed in long buttoned sleeves and hands held up to his face (fragmentary), circa 1360
13in. (33cm.) high
Literature
J.M. Azcarate, Arte Gotico en Espana, Madrid, 1990, pp. 228-229

Lot Essay

The static stance and the heavy, hooded cloak of this figure relates closely to mourning figures found on the tombs of Pere V de Queralt and Alamanda de Rocaberti, from the 1360's, in the church of Sant Coloma de Queralt (op.cit., pp. 228-229).

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