GERMAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A PENITENT WOMAN 16TH

GERMAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF A PENITENT WOMAN 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NUREMBERG the naked figure depicted engulfed in the flames of Purgatory, her hands crossed at her chest, mounted on a modern ebonised stand (Figure 11cm high) Footnote: Note: This figure, with its strong religious message, most likely was a finial on a tomb railing where various symbols of mortality, judgment, and redemption would have been understood by a largely illiterate population.