現場拍賣 5732Christie's Interiors
A MERMAID
拍品 342

A MERMAID

LATE 18TH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

已結束2010年6月8日

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GBP 7,500

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A MERMAID
LATE 18TH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
An essemble of wood, papier-mâché with taxidermied fish and monkey parts, supported on a wooden stand with manuscript label, housed in an Edwardian display case
30½ in. (78 cm.) wide in display case

專家說明

A cryptozoological hoax, possibly originating in the 18th century, these would-be mermaids are alleged to have been caught by sailors in the South China Seas and brought back to the West for natural history collections.