A French late Gothic carved limestone figure of St. John the Baptist, powerfully carved in contrapposto with flowing robes, his face full of sorrow, with a lamb at his feet, with remains of original polychrome decoration, the back flat, with an inventory number to verso '1015', late 15th / early 16th century, 95.4cm high. Provenance: The Countess of Midleton, Eastwell Park Estate, Kent, thence by descent. Captain and Mrs Brodrick of Dunley Manor, Hampshire.