A Rare Early 19thC English Shell-Work Figure of a China Man in the Manner of Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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A Rare Early 19thC English Shell-Work Figure of a China Man in the Manner of Giuseppe ArcimboldoOrigin: English Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 Height: 7. 5 Width: 2. 5 Depth: 2. 5 The rare and beautifully worked figure of a Chinese man intricately constructed entirely of exotic shells, having the remains of a long beard and carrying a basket, standing on a circular plinth base, the whole surviving from the very early stages of nineteenth century England. This delicate figure is largely intact but is lacking an ear, a foot

with leafed scrolls

There is also the ‘Perrybuoy – board of trade approved’ marked in raised lettering on either flank

otherwise described as the `Leopold II and Amherst Papyrus`

Please see photographs for visual reference

blistering

One photo shows the doll with Suzanne

showing a healthy patina and surviving from the third quarter of the twentieth century

after singing the National Anthem

Examples include ‘Parochetto Snello’ or Slim Parakeet

Rodway advertised as carver

Italian or French

which may explain the physical incarnate presence of this relic