Sale 7466
London
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6 December 2007
Price realised
GBP 7,500
Estimate
A CARVED RECTANGULAR STAINED WOOD RELIEF OF ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON EGER WORKSHOPS, 17TH CENTURY St. George on horseback in a landscape piercing the mouth of the dragon with a lance; in a part-ebonised moulded square wood frame; warping, worming, minor cracks 12 5/8 x 12½ in. (32.1 x 31.7 cm.)
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