Lot 501 , A reconstituted stone font bowl, in a 12th century Norman style

A reconstituted stone font bowl, in a 12th century Norman style, of circular form with a deep basin, the exterior carved in relief with twelve standing figures, almost certainly representing the Apostles, arranged around the circumference. The figures are depicted frontally, displaying their attributes or books, their simple stylised features characteristic of Romanesque ecclesiastical sculpture, raised on a reconstituted stone spiral column and square plinth, bowl 44cm diameter, overall 74cm high
£300-500

Sold for £850