IMPORTANT GROTESQUE CARVED FOLK ART PINE CENTER TABLE.

IMPORTANT GROTESQUE CARVED FOLK ART PINE CENTER TABLE. Last quarter of the 19th Century. The rectangular tray top with serpentine and scalloped edging projecting above the heavily carved rectangular frieze, the corners carved with theatrical masks, one end carved with a fanciful crouching cat flanked by leaftips, the opposing end carved with a fanciful leaping horse above a stag’s head. One long side carved with a wide-eyed, winged, fanciful full moon mask amongst ‘C’ and ‘S’ scrolling volutes, the opposing long side with similar scrollwork centering a tornado-like twisting funnel. The whole raised on exaggerated, tapering, cabriole legs with shell-carved knees and claw feet with knuckled toes. SIZE: 28-1/2″ h. x 39-1/2″ l. x 26-1/2″ d. PROVENANCE: Discovered in an Ohio farmhouse. CONDITION: With weathered and worn original white paint. Loss to tail of horse, some losses to toes, small knothole at end of top at edge 9-93250 (6,000-9,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2183	$26,450.00	IMPORTANT GROTESQUE CARVED FOLK ART PINE CENTER TABLE. Last quarter of the 19th Century. The rectangular tray top with serpentine and scalloped edging projecting above the heavily carved rectangular frieze, the corners carved with theatrical masks, one end carved with a fanciful crouching cat flanked by leaftips, the opposing end carved with a fanciful leaping horse above a stag’s head. One long side carved with a wide-eyed, winged, fanciful full moon mask amongst ‘C’ and ‘S’ scrolling volutes, the opposing long side with similar scrollwork centering a tornado-like twisting funnel. The whole raised on exaggerated, tapering, cabriole legs with shell-carved knees and claw feet with knuckled toes. SIZE: 28-1/2″ h. x 39-1/2″ l. x 26-1/2″ d. PROVENANCE: Discovered in an Ohio farmhouse. CONDITION: With weathered and worn original white paint. Loss to tail of horse, some losses to toes, small knothole at end of top at edge 9-93250 (6,000-9,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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