A polychrome carved wood tea merchant's sign

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A polychrome carved wood tea merchant's sign
modelled as a seated Asian man, wearing a turban and loin cloth, shown crouching and holding out his right hand, with thumb and forefinger pinched, English, second quarter 19th century -- 21½in. (54.5cm) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Pages 410-13.

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