A POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARVED LIMEWOOD FIGURE OF A POPE Probably late 16th century,

With crimson cope and dark green and gilt-trimmed cassock, wearing a crimson and gilt papal tiara, holding the Bible in his left hand, his right hand previously grasping a papal ferula, on a hexagonal moulded plinth; redecorated with several layers of earlier decoration, 75cm high

Provenance: Bought from Keith Hockin Antiques, The Square, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire on 3rd November 2000.
A Deceased Estate, Yorkshire.