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Lot 1003
Pair Chinese Pewter Deer Candlesticks
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 20th century, each of a deer holding a shaped candlestick in mouth, mounted atop a Chinese style plinth with foliate gallery and pierced brocade patterns, four figural mask corners above a shaped skirt and bracket feet.

From the Estate of the late Joseph D. Rowand, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Joe Rowand was instrumental in developing a contemporary art scene in North Carolina. After studying in New York City at Parsons, he brought the big city art feel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina when he opened Somerhill Gallery in 1972. His gallery served as an epicenter for collectors and artists to gather and grow for over thirty years.

One deer with glued repair to mouth and hairline to neck, some denting and surface scratches.