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Thu, Apr 21, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 68

Jane Peiser Ceramic Figure

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Penland, North Carolina, born 1932)

Mother Nature with Bird, depicted as a standing woman with hat and long hair, holding a bird, tiered dress with applied leaf and vine decoration, rocky base, unsigned, 22 in.

Provenance: Penland School of Crafts 18th Annual Benefit Auction, purchased for $2,800, August 9, 2003 (accompanied by original receipt); Estate of Sharon Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Condition

some splits primarily to hair, possibly due to firing, minor scratching, applied tabs to base

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