A rare and fine Henry VI / Edward IV carved roof angel, East Anglia, probably Norfolk, circa 1450-1480
A rare and fine Henry VI / Edward IV carved roof angel, East Anglia, probably Norfolk, circa 1450-1480
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Designed from the waist up, issuing from undulating folds of fabric, outswept wavy curls of hair spreading from beneath a circlet (almost certainly originally centred by a small cross) wearing an alb beneath a cloak or mantle fastened at the collarless neck, the wings typically separately carved fixed high on the shoulders, losses to the hands (which were likely originally holding an object, probably a shield symbolising a message or idea). Appears never to have been painted but with traces of gilding to the circlet.
Provenance: Jonathan Horne Collection
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Dimensions:
Height
39 cm / 15 1⁄2"
Width
43.5 cm
/ 17 1⁄4"
Depth
13.8 cm
/ 5 1⁄2"
 wearing an alb beneath a cloak or mantle fastened at the collarless neck, the wings typically separately carved fixed high on the shoulders, losses to the hands (which were likely originally holding an object, probably a shield symbolising a message or idea). Appears never to have been painted but with traces of gilding to the circlet.Provenance: Jonathan Horne Collection){kind=link}