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Auction 113  25-26 Nov 2021
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Lot 1053

Starting price: 1200 GBP
Price realized: 2600 GBP
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*Italy, Florentine (second half of the 15th century), The Virgin and Child, bronze-gilt pax, the image between two flying putti each separately cast onto a thin plate and set within a frame with praying cherubs superimposed over the pillars on either side and with foliated decoration over the arched top, the back with S-shaped stand, 166 x 110mm (cf. Kress 281, fig. 25 var.), with wear to the gilding, very fine contemporary cast. For a discussion of this pax type and its possible attribution to Maso di Bartolomeo and his workshop see https://renbronze.com/2017/02/16/a-remarkable-florentine-pax/
(1500-2000 GBP)
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