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GROTESQUE COLUMN

Estimate1 500 - 2 000
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Carved from black Tournai stone, the shaft is very slightly convex, fluted towards the top and decorated towards the bottom with a grotesque, nude male figure standing with arms and legs spread wide, standing above a clasped fleur-de-lis and holding a scalloped drape; on the reverse, in the same register, there is a decoration of symmetrical foliage.
Flanders, 16th century.
Height: 104.7 cm
(Visible damage and losses; top and base restored)