WHISKERED TREESWIFT Sunbursts Commedia Dell’arte (“comedy of professional

Commedia Dell’arte (“comedy of professional artists”) was a highly popular form of improvised comedy in Italian theaters in the 16th-18th centuries featuring stock characters with distinctive masks and costumes

Each is hand painted with gilt touches

The three figures are painted in an antiqued polychrome finish

Masks have played an important role in Chinese culture for centuries

WHISKERED TREESWIFT Sunbursts Commedia Dell’arte (“comedy of professionalThe Philippines and our neighboring countries are rich in bird species and our endemic bird series celebrates our local avifauna. Each realistically detailed bird is mounted on a metal perch on a museum style base. Collect all for yourself or delight your birder friends with one of our avian wonders. Hand carved wood, hand embossed metal