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Lot 149*

A Royal Copenhagen porcelain cane handle in the shape of a bird's head, early 20th century

7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Royal Copenhagen porcelain cane handle in the shape of a bird's head, early 20th century

Modelled by Christian Thomsen as the head of a Fou de Bassan, mounted on a shaft with gilt-metal collar and metal ferrule, the handle: 9.5cm wide; the full cane: 89.5cm long, wave mark in underglaze-blue

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Provenance:
Laurence Jantzen, Le Louvre des Antiquaries, Paris, 2001

Another example is illustrated in G. Bezzaz/C. Dike, La Canne object d'art (1988), p. 259 and p. 265.

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