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Live Auction

Day 2: American, Southern & European Decorative Arts

Sat, Jan 28, 2017 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 30, 2017 09:00AM EST
Lot 520

Earthenware Devil Jug

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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(attributed to Robert Brown, Arden, North Carolina, 1951-2015), unglazed form with varying coloration, applied facial features including large pronounced nose with large nostrils, thick lips surrounded by incised goatee, also incised eyebrows and eyelids, inset eyeballs, horns protruding from back of head above ears, applied strap handle from shoulder to rim spout, 13-1/4 in.. Condition: clay body anomalies as made, minor loss to end of goatee, possible restoration to tip of left horn. Provenance: Christies, The John Gordon Collection of Folk Americana, 1999, lot 1176.; Sewell Collection, Georgia

Condition

clay body anomalies as made, minor loss to end of goatee, possible restoration to tip of left horn

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