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A POLYCHROME-DECORATED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A SEATED ANGEL HOLDING AN URN
Lot 140

A POLYCHROME-DECORATED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A SEATED ANGEL HOLDING AN URN

POSSIBLY THE WORKSHOP OF BENEDETTO DA MAIANO, FLORENTINE, PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

Closed17 April 2024

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A POLYCHROME-DECORATED TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A SEATED ANGEL HOLDING AN URN
POSSIBLY THE WORKSHOP OF BENEDETTO DA MAIANO, FLORENTINE, PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY
16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high

D.
Their sale; Internationales Kunst und Auktions Haus, Berlin, 15 May 1935, lot 362, as Terrakottafigur.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 22 November 1983, lot 262.

Specialist note

The 22 November 1983 sale catalogue cites a thermoluminescence test from Oxford Research and Laboratory for Archaelology dating the last firing 350 to 550 years prior. The corresponding test number and certificate are not available.