St. George battling the dragon

St. George battling the dragon Modelled and engraved red terracotta. Depicting the saint in a chainmail tunic, standing atop the dragon and plunging a lance into its open jaws. The reverse slightly flattened. Height 14.7 cm; width 7.7 cm. Utrecht or Liège, probably 14th/15th C. Sebastiaan Ostkamp cites numerous models that were found during the first excavations in 1844, when the city walls of Utrecht were being demolished, near the Tolsteegpoort. This discovery provides evidence of productio

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Cologne

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H 14,7 × B 7,7 cm