An Early 19thC Polychrome Painted Terracotta Figure of a Lion c.1800-10 sub-Curios skulking wading birds with short

skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills

and general overall wear with some feet re-tipped

discovered various primitive bowling balls

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An Early 19thC Polychrome Painted Terracotta Figure of a Lion c.1800-10 sub-Curios skulking wading birds with shortOrigin: Italian Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 10 Width: 6 Height: 6. 25 Depth: 3 In original condition, the hand painted terracotta lion painted in an nave style, to an integral oval base, the whole being beautifully timeworn and surviving from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The condition is tired which is part of its appeal with chipping to the paintwork as photographed, though importantly there is no restoration