A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Curios 3 Brighton Road

3 Brighton Road

Carved wooden window frames are considered to be an important part of Chinese architectural heritage and were often seen in courtyard houses where they were used to separate different rooms

the whole surviving from Restauration period France

the knotting Senneh and the wool lustrous

the painted decoration now beautifully worn and craquelured

A Large Natural History Specimen of a Giant Clam Shell c.1900 sub-Curios 3 Brighton RoadOrigin: South Pacific Indian Ocean Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 11 Depth: 18 Width: 27 (all at maximum) The large preserved giant clam shell (Tridacna gigas), with four vertical folds, surviving in beautifully weathered condition from the south pacific or Indian oceans and from the zeniths of the nineteenth century. The specimen is in super condition with very few chipped losses. She sits both ways, as it were, stably