A French Boxwood House Altar, Circa 1600 two seated putti holding a crown of thorns surmounting doors opening to reveal a partially painted oval relief of the Crucifixion, the corners with winged seraph heads, raised upon a vasiform stem atop an oval base with recumbent lions, carved throughout with strapwork decoration and the reverse with the entwined initials GS. Height 9 3/4 in.; 24.8 cm.
A French Boxwood House Altar, Circa 1600 two seated putti holding a crown of thorns surmounting doors opening to reveal a partially painted oval relief of the Crucifixion, the corners with winged seraph heads, raised upon a vasiform stem atop an oval base with recumbent lions, carved throughout with strapwork decoration and the reverse with the entwined initials GS. Height 9 3/4 in.; 24.8 cm.
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