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A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD GROUP OF TWO BEARS
Lot 217

A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD GROUP OF TWO BEARS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed17 December 2014

Price Realised

GBP 3,750

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A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD GROUP OF TWO BEARS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Modelled as a mother bear disciplining her baby bear with a broomstick, the bears with glass eyes, on a naturalistically carved base
21 in. (53. 5 cm.) high

Specialist note

A larger similar group was sold in these rooms, Christie's London, November 27th 2002, lot 441, price realised £11,750.

A comparable group is illustrated in 'Swiss Carvings: The Art of the 'Black Forest', Arenski, Daniels and Daniels, p.77 fig.102