An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus A riding instructor by trade

A riding instructor by trade

the base later

The predominance of limestone gives many parts of this region of China a spectacular type of landscape known as karst

The naïve yet well carved polychrome painted love token

each having two handle cut outs survive from the early Twentieth Century

An Early 20thC Painted Papier-Mâché Scarecrow Owl c.1900-20 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus A riding instructor by tradeOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 20Height: 8. 75Width: 4. 5Depth: 4 (all at extremities)The unique and most certainly charming hand painted decoy model of a stylised barn owl, acting as a scarecrow or bid scarer, the whole in papier mch with glass eyes and hollow form, surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. Remaining in good overall condition considering the fragility, the owl proves very