Live Auction 5027Les Trois Garçons
A LIFE-SIZE PASTE 'JEWEL' MOUNTED HALF-MODEL OF A POUNCING SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER
Lot 254

A LIFE-SIZE PASTE 'JEWEL' MOUNTED HALF-MODEL OF A POUNCING SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER

LATE 20TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED

Closed5 March 2014

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GBP 6,250

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A LIFE-SIZE PASTE 'JEWEL' MOUNTED HALF-MODEL OF A POUNCING SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER
LATE 20TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
Naturalistically modelled and designed to be wall-mounted, variously mounted with coloured beads and cabochons
45 in. (114 cm.) protrusion

By repute, the model originally form a display at The Natural History Museum, London.

Specialist note

The decoration of this model was commissioned as part of a window display designed by Les Trois Garçons for Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London.