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Cigar Store Indian by Thomas Brooks
Product ID: 3741
Chinese Export Carved Eagle Plaque, 1830-1840. These very popular plaques were made in China specifically for the American market. Oval sandalwood plaque with intricate carving of Chinese landscape vignettes surrounding an American Eagle atop a Union Shield with olive branch and arrows in its talons. For similar examples, see p. 312, Carl Crossman’s The China Trade. Minor crack, 15” wide.