Sale 10701
London
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8 December 2015
Price realised
GBP 13,750
Estimate
A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME LIMEWOOD FIGURE OF ST GEORGE SOUTH TIROL, CIRCA 1480-1490 31 in. (79 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Neumeister, Munich, Auction 264, 10 December 1991, lot 15, where acquired by the father of the present owners, and by descent.
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Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: T. Müller, Gotische Skulptur in Tirol, Bozen, 1976, figs. 110, 122-124, 128.
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