LOT 398 Medieval Marble Font with Four Bearded Heads Representing th...
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Tcany, Italy, c.1240-1260 AD. A large marble font, barrel-shaped with a thick, flat rim, central socket to the base; to the outer face, four radiating male masks carved in high-relief, eachprising a D-shaped face with luxuriant hair parted in the middle of the head and cascading to the cheeks where it joins the beard to form a wedge-shaped panel of undulating locks; the inner face pecked and stained, the rim and outer face smooth. 48 kg, 53cm wide (21"). Private collection, UK. London trade. Ex central London gallery. Apanied by scholarly note TL05414 by Dr. Ronald Bonewitz. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by AIAD certificate number no.11119-184129. The four masks represent the four rivers emanating from the Garden of Eden in the Old Testament tradition: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris and Euphrates. [No Reserve] [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]
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