A rare and impressively large pair of 14th century limestone gargoyles, circa 1320 Both designed
A rare and impressively large pair of 14th century limestone gargoyles, circa 1320 Both designed with grotesque human faces, with wide open mouth, one as a kneeling and draped human figure, the other of zoomorphic form, squatting on its haunches and restraining a dog between its knees, on square plinth, both carved from a single-piece of stone and designed outwards from a tall vertical structure, 141cm high, (2) Similar examples can be seen on the Chapter House, York MinsterSimonini collection
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A rare and impressively large pair of 14th century limestone gargoyles, circa 1320 Both designed with grotesque human faces, with wide open mouth, one as a kneeling and draped human figure, the other of zoomorphic form, squatting on its haunches and restraining a dog between its knees, on square plinth, both carved from a single-piece of stone and designed outwards from a tall vertical structure, 141cm high, (2) Similar examples can be seen on the Chapter House, York MinsterSimonini collection
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