Rare carved walnut hanging bookshelf with minute... Lot 24

Rare carved walnut hanging bookshelf with minute remnants of red monochrome. Ends depicting two Doctors of the Church, one Saint Augustine, mitred and wearing his episcopal vestments, the other Saint Gregory the Great as pope, wearing the three-crowned tiara. Tuscany, circa 1420 H. 50.2 cm - W. 96 cm - D. 27.5 cm Old collector's label on the back (a few accidents and missing pieces). Book consulted : - C. Baracchini ed., Scultura lignea - Lucca 1200-1425, Florence, 1995, 2 vols.