Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Belouche pieces are often directional

Belouche pieces  are often directional or asymmetrical in design and are common-place prayer rugs

the painted face with glass eyes & applied wig

The vivid red only returns in this example as a ground colour on the outer border meaning that the rest of the ground is made up of apple green

The lower drawer contains another contemporary ceramic palette

Height: 13 inches

Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Belouche pieces are often directionalOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 2. 5 inches (with neck) Length: 4 inches The well preserved mummified head and neck with in tact teeth, having some remaining coloured hair. Condition is good, given age and fragility, though there is one medium sized hole to the top of the skull; the whole however remains in good stable order. According to mediaeval superstition, old shoes, bottles, and less