A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Fruit Bat sub-Natural History dark-colored figures on a light

dark-colored figures on a light background with incised detail)

Much softer in colour than many kelims this is a rare piece in that kelims are seldom seen for sale from this province

The technique is at least a thousand years old

The very fine quality sphere of rock crystal

when they retain their originality

A Good c.1900 Dome Cased Taxidermy Fruit Bat sub-Natural History dark-colored figures on a lightOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Height: 16 Base Diameter: 11. 25 The rare preserved mature fruit bat, posed hanging upside down, to a grassy naturalistic base, and housed in its original glass domed case to ebonised base and rope twist border, the whole surviving from the zeniths of Victorian period England. The specimen is presented in very good condition considering the relative fragility and age. The entire