Corbel with Crouching Male Figure, ca. 1150–75, Central or Western French, Calcareous sandstone, Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 13 1/4in. (29.2 x 20 x 33.7cm), Sculpture-Architectural, Corbels, projecting blocks used as structural supports, were an integral part of the sculpted decoration in nearly all twelfth-century churches. This crouching figure is reminiscent of the figure of Atlas from classical antiquity
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Corbel, Crouching Male Figure, ca, 1150–75, Central, Western French, Calcareous sandstone, Overall, 11 1/2 x 7 7/8 13 1/4in, 29.2 20 33.7cm, Sculpture-Architectural, Corbels, projecting blocks, structural supports, integral part, sculpted decoration, nearly, twelfth-century churches, crouching figure, reminiscent, figure, Atlas, classical antiquity
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