Lot 52
  • 52

A pair of small carved alabaster reliefs, Malines 17th century

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 12.5cm. high, 9.5cm. wide, (the other) 10cm. wide; 5in., 3¾in., 4in.
one depicting Christ and Pontius Pilate, the other depiciting the Deposition, both now in later ebonised and parcel-gilded oak frames, with a paper label inscribed in ink in Flemish, dated July 1848

Condition

Some minor surface dirt to the plaques and old minor restorations which have been well-executed.
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