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This combining in a decoration with colonial connotations these two pretty carved and force-fed buffalo horns represent two pretty peacocks perched on a trunk brought back to France in the suitcase of an explorer and lover of curiosities. The expressive sulfur eyes, the fine evocation of the tail feathers strewn with eyes, the finesse of the head and all the details of the legs, trunk and small feathers of the body, everything is treated with infinite delicacy. The general shape defined by the curvature of the horn effectively gives singular silhouettes suitable for entering a cabinet of curiosities or art deco with which these two subjects are in agreement. A wooden base allows them to stand upright, the different sizes desired give them a response to each other. Finally the colors from caramel to cream color with soft tones
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