A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects but as this example is

but as this example is nineteenth-century

One of the rear bracket feet is missing but it doesn’t affect the piece

are probably the most highly sought after variety of walking stick and have been in existence since around the sixth century when two Persian monks smuggled silkworm larvae out of China inside hollowed-out staves

The idea of having this picture hanging on a wall and never knowing what lurks beneath the layers of dirt

A 20thC Lifesize Painted Plaster & Silk Theatre Prop Model of an Acrobatic Clown by Mark Thompson sub-Decorative Objects but as this example isOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 20thCProvenance: Doctor Dolittle, London Apollo TheatreDate: c. 1998Height: 58"Depth: 31Width: 48 (all approximate and at extremities)The unique and expertly crafted life size theatre prop of an androgynous acrobatic clown with auburn bunned hair, hand painted in composition plaster, fibreglass and multi coloured silks, the whole hanging from a large orange hoop, with a white painted face with red and black highlights to a