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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 11, 2019 10:00 AMCalender
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Carved and Painted Trade Figure of Bacchus

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3278MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2019 10:00AM

Description:

Carved and Painted Trade Figure of Bacchus, the figure of a young black man with gold-beaded grape headdress and nude torso, his white rolled-up pants tied with a ribbon, with raised arms and lifted leg, (some restoration),ht. 69 1/2 in.

Provenance: Found on Nantucket; reportedly stood in the downstairs parlor at "Brightwood" on Brant Point.
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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