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An exceptionally rare Henry VI / Edward IV oak and polychrome-decorated roof angel, circa 1450-1480.
Designed from the waist up, issuing from undulating folds of fabric, the pleated robe with deep collar, holding a banner.
Extant English roof angels occur predominantly in East Anglian churches, especially in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Stylistically however, this angel relates to a group of twenty-two roof angels on a false-hammerbeam roof, the refectory, Cleeve Abbey, Somerset. Records indicate the roof was constructed during a program of improvement under Abbot David Juyner (elected 1435). Of particular note is the similar up and back swept hair, whereas the East Anglian examples tend to range between cone-ringlets and wavy-curls. Some of the Cleeve Abbey examples also hold a banner with one finger or thumb protruding over the front in the same manner.
Almost certainly from the same interior scheme as item number 3077.
Provenance: Jonathan Horne Collection.
Dimensions
Height 38cm, Width 19.7cm, Depth 11cmCondition report
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