France ca. 1400 - A fragmentary French carved alabaster Corpus Christi, around 1400 - image-1

Lot 1078 Dα

France ca. 1400 - A fragmentary French carved alabaster Corpus Christi, around 1400

Auction 1245 - overview Cologne
16.05.2024, 11:01 - Old Masters and 19th Century, Part I
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.764 € (incl. premium)
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France ca. 1400

A fragmentary French carved alabaster Corpus Christi, around 1400

Carved in the round. This finely carved figure of Christ is only preserved in a fragmentary state and is lacking the separately attached arms and the lower part of the body from the navel downwards. The figure was ascribed to the circle of Claus Sluter in the Wilm Collection.
The tip of the nose chipped, the head reattached. Mounted to a plexiglass stand with a screw on the reverse. Height 12.5 cm.

Provenance

Collection Dr. Hubert Wilm, Munich. - Sold in the 435th Lempertz auction, Cologne 3.12.1952, lot 41. - By descent to the present owner.