Allegorical Rooster Drama with Statue, Strange Antique Oil on Canvas, Framed blue bird 9 1/4" long x 1

9 1/4" long x 1 7/8" across at ferrule (where bristles attach to handle

and believe it dates from the 1960's

Finland and the Kola Peninsula

this makes me want to build an alter and light candles in front of it for sure

There is a little chipping to the glaze on the far end edges and in one area on the underside--documented in detail photos

Allegorical Rooster Drama with Statue, Strange Antique Oil on Canvas, Framed blue bird 9 1/4" long x 1A strange one! There seems to be a long history of rooster paintings, cock fight paintings included, though I have not been able to put a finger on the precise origins of the genre. This one oil on unstretched canvas, framed under glass I found in Maine, and believe dates to the late 19th early 20th c., with the frame perhaps original to it. And it certainly seems allegorical to me, though I'm not sure I understand all of its implications! The pair of