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LOT 1601
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,640
MEDIEVAL ROMANESQUE STONE GUARDIAN LION PAIR
11TH-12TH CENTURY AD
35 1/2 - 36 1/2" (213 kg total, 90-93cm).
11TH-12TH CENTURY AD
35 1/2 - 36 1/2" (213 kg total, 90-93cm).
A pair of carved stone stylised crouching lion statues each with rounded head and broad gaping mouth, raised D-shaped eyes, mane of longitudinal stripes and similar to the legs, scales to the body and rump, tail curled along the flank; Southern France or Spain. [2]
PROVENANCE:
Property of a London, UK, collection; acquired on the UK art market, 1970-1990.
