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    Sale 9052

    The John Gordon Collection of Folk Americana

    New York, Park Avenue

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    15 - 19 January 1999

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    • A CARVED AND PAINTED FIGURE OF
    Lot 445

    A CARVED AND PAINTED FIGURE OF A BIRD

    POSSIBLY AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 805

    Estimate

    USD 800 - USD 1,200

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    A CARVED AND PAINTED FIGURE OF A BIRD
    Possibly American, 19th century
    The full-bodied form with red-painted head and breast and yellow-painted body and tail, the crest elaborately decorated with red, yellow and black-paint decoration, the eyes and feather details picked out in black, with wire legs perched on a branch and mounted on a cylindrical support on a square base
    8in. high with stand

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