A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE HAWKS

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A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE HAWKS
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Looking sharply to the left and right, each perched astride blue and brown-glazed rockwork with one leg raised, with iron-red body on yellow legs, the multi-coloured wings folded over their backs, the lavender head with an alert expression and sharp beak, wings restored
10in. (25.8cm.) high (2)
Provenance
John Sparks Ltd.

Lot Essay

A similar pair of hawks from the collection of the late Mrs. Alfred Morris, was sold in these Rooms, 12 December 1956, lot 16; another pair, the property of Claude Caswell, Esq., was sold in these Rooms, 25 May 1964, lot 147. Another similar pair from the René Fribourg Collection were sold in London on 22 October 1963

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