Curious Old Long Necked Golden Bird on Cork Base wheel maker tool Tearing to bottom right corner

Tearing to bottom right corner and a few scattered stains and bumps

China paints

otherwise excellent condition and I’d think c

Produced by Jaques Light

Curious Old Long Necked Golden Bird on Cork Base wheel maker tool Tearing to bottom right cornerI purchased this bird from a dealer based in Iowa City who always has lovely and unusual things, and I think it is very much both of those. I am not completely certain whether made of wood or papier mache it looks as though the head, made as a separate piece, shows wood, visible around the eyes, but I think the body is papier mache, likely formed over a wire armature. Whatever the case, with a wonderful sort of mystery and otherworldliness about it I