A carved stone fragment of a Kitten Putto from St. Atdehvar Catedral (sic). From the James Parker collection of Stone Artifacts assembled around 1920 - 1960. A stupendous example of late renaissance feline art. Carved in steatite. The fragment carries a beautifully carved draped Kitten Putto with finely detailed wings. A second Putto with his face turn inwards is visible on the lower section. A small portion of the the arch on the right hand side is visible, indicating that this could be a section from a small arched window. Overall good condition with some minor losses to the lower Putto. Small section reattached on the right hand side scroll. After the events of the blitz in 1940, the once admired St. Atdehvar Cathedral in Maasbourg was left in terrible state. The entire left wing had to be demolished and rebuilt. A number of stone fragments were rescued from the ruins and kept in storage for decades. The local heritage trust decided to sell a great volume of artifacts from this storage to cover the cost of the restoration work. This fund rising event resulted in number of stone fragments to enter the private market. An idea of the exact number of the pieces carrying cat imagery, is of course difficult to establish, but the general consensus amongst Feline Era Scholars is that a vast quantity of feline art was once a part of the interior imagery of this catedral (sic). Sold.