A 15TH CENTURY GOTHIC CARVED ALABASTER MODEL OF A LION possibly English, the reclining beast with left paw on a sphere, retaining traces of polychrome decoration, carved in the full round on an integral naturalistic base, 12cm long x 8cm high Nottingham in England became the centre of alabaster carving during the 15th century, where it was mined and then transported across Europe as far south as Spain and as far north as Iceland."