A Rare 19thC Himalayan Black Bear Skull sub-Antiques The large folk art seed

The large folk art seed work picture composed of a vast array of seeds

The rest of the composition is relatively well preserved with no hair drop

Thomas James Backhouse was born in Darlington in England on 24 Apr 1810 to Edward Backhouse and Mary Robson

The drawing and painting is sensitively fashioned unobtrusively

They were producing exclusive Persian carpets in their own workshops in the Sultanabad region of Western Persia between 1875 and 1920

A Rare 19thC Himalayan Black Bear Skull sub-Antiques The large folk art seedOrigin: Himalayan Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 1900 Height: 6 inches (at maximum) Length: 11 inches (at maximum) The nigh on complete preserved skull of a female Himalayan Black Bear (Selenarctos thibetanus laniger) with near full set of teeth, surviving from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The condition of the whole is very good, nigh on pristine, with a well aged patination and ivory hue making the