A Victorian taxidermy Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) with rabbit prey under a dome
Late 19th/early 20th century
Full mount adult with head-turning sharply to the right, perched atop a painted faux rock with a juvenile rabbit prey underfoot, with ferns and grasses to the base, enclosed beneath a large glass dome, mounted on an ebonised circular base, raised upon three bun feet.
Diam. 25 cm
H. 55 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
Full mount adult with head-turning sharply to the right, perched atop a painted faux rock with a juvenile rabbit prey underfoot, with ferns and grasses to the base, enclosed beneath a large glass dome, mounted on an ebonised circular base, raised upon three bun feet.
Diam. 25 cm
H. 55 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
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