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A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century American Hooked Masterpiece of Folk Art
A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century American Hooked Masterpiece of Folk Art

A Pastoral Reverie: Late 19th Century American Hooked Masterpiece of Folk Art

Located in Dallas, TX

Centered on a confidently rendered spotted cow with a visible udder, the exceptional composition speaks directly to agrarian prosperity, nourishment, and continuity—symbols deeply va...

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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Cow

Materials

Wool

Oil Painting, Break At The Mountain Lake, Edmund Mahlknecht, Austria, Mid-19th
Oil Painting, Break At The Mountain Lake, Edmund Mahlknecht, Austria, Mid-19th

Oil Painting, Break At The Mountain Lake, Edmund Mahlknecht, Austria, Mid-19th

Located in Vienna, AT

Mahlknecht' In a gilded wooden frame with stucco decoration Landscape painting: An idyllic depiction of a herd of animals - cows, sheep and goats - with shepherd kids on the shore o...

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Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Cow

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Monumental Antique English George III Flame Mahogany Longcase Grandfather Clock
Monumental Antique English George III Flame Mahogany Longcase Grandfather Clock

Monumental Antique English George III Flame Mahogany Longcase Grandfather Clock

Located in Dayton, OH

Of the painted scholars along each corner there is a man reading a book with a cow or bull, a man drinking with a turkey, a man with a lion and a man reading a scroll.

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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Cow

Materials

Brass

Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool
Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool

Brutalist Primitive 19th century milking stool

Located in Vosselaar, BE

So called as it resembles the lower stools used for milking cows. This particular type was used as a indoor stool with a higher seat and particular nicely proportioned.

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Mid-19th Century Italian Brutalist Antique Cow

Materials

Pine

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Pastoral Scene Painting, 1750
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Pastoral Scene Painting, 1750

18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape Pastoral Scene Painting, 1750

Located in Vicoforte, IT

The composition is distinguished by its theatrical stagecraft: in the foreground, a young woman sits in conversation with a traveler, while beautifully painted cows and sheep stand j...

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1750s Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Small fawn Axis
Small fawn Axis

Small fawn Axis

By Rembrandt Bugatti

Located in PARIS, FR

In 1901, he created his first work during a stay in the mountains: "Ritorno dal pascolo" (four cows one behind the other guided by a young farmer).

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Early 20th Century French School Antique Cow

Materials

Bronze

Large Hand-Glazed Danish Art Nouveau Vase by Danico, 1920s
Large Hand-Glazed Danish Art Nouveau Vase by Danico, 1920s

Large Hand-Glazed Danish Art Nouveau Vase by Danico, 1920s

By Danico Pottery

Located in Esbjerg, DK

The floral decorations on this vase was achieved by using slip trailed glaze through a cow horn and feather quill . Danico in Horsens, Denmark was started by former designers from He...

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Early 20th Century Danish Jugendstil Antique Cow

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Horn and Upholstered Footstool, Last Quarter 19th Century
Italian Horn and Upholstered Footstool, Last Quarter 19th Century

Italian Horn and Upholstered Footstool, Last Quarter 19th Century

Located in Atlanta, GA

having an upholstered seat and skirt trimmed in nailheads and raised on four splayed cow horns

Category

1880s Italian Antique Cow

Materials

Horn

Unusual 17/18th Century Japanese/Chinese Porcelain Incense Container Ox celadon
Unusual 17/18th Century Japanese/Chinese Porcelain Incense Container Ox celadon

Unusual 17/18th Century Japanese/Chinese Porcelain Incense Container Ox celadon

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Sharing with you this lovely and unusual Chinese porcelain incense container from the Edo or late Ming period or Qing period, described on the box as Shichikan celadon In the shap...

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17th Century Edo Antique Cow

Materials

Porcelain

39 Antique 18th C. Dutch Delft Tiles Blue & White Star Animal Rabbit Hound Deer
39 Antique 18th C. Dutch Delft Tiles Blue & White Star Animal Rabbit Hound Deer

39 Antique 18th C. Dutch Delft Tiles Blue & White Star Animal Rabbit Hound Deer

By Delft

Located in Dayton, OH

The majority feature a circle design around various animals including rabbits, dogs/hounds/fox, deer/stag, horse, camels, and cows/bulls. Four are diagonally bisected in blue and whi...

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18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Cow

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Of Folk Art Carved Wooden Women's Shoes, ca 1900
Pair Of Folk Art Carved Wooden Women's Shoes, ca 1900

Pair Of Folk Art Carved Wooden Women's Shoes, ca 1900

Located in Bilzen, BE

Pair of folk art carved wooden ladies' shoes richly decorated with glass beads and cow bone Height 13 cm, length 12.5 cm Original lacquer and colour Around 1900

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Early 20th Century Belgian Folk Art Antique Cow

Materials

Wood

Sculpture Decorative BEVERAGE HORN, Rare Bone & Silver 1894 Wine Drinking Glass
Sculpture Decorative BEVERAGE HORN, Rare Bone & Silver 1894 Wine Drinking Glass

Sculpture Decorative BEVERAGE HORN, Rare Bone & Silver 1894 Wine Drinking Glass

Located in Wembley, GB

The drinking horns from Georgia, Caucasian. It is made from cow horns. Rythones are from ancient eras and the horns were used for drinking wine and other alcoholic beverages, also, a...

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1890s Georgian Hollywood Regency Antique Cow

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver Leaf, Brass, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate, Silver

A Greek Black Figure Style Grand Tour  Squat Lekythos, 19th Century
A Greek Black Figure Style Grand Tour  Squat Lekythos, 19th Century

A Greek Black Figure Style Grand Tour Squat Lekythos, 19th Century

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

Decorated with black-figure pottery painting of male and cow, a style common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC.

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19th Century Greek Grand Tour Antique Cow

Materials

Terracotta

Scottish Oak Ecclesiastical Armchair or Desk Chair
Scottish Oak Ecclesiastical Armchair or Desk Chair

Scottish Oak Ecclesiastical Armchair or Desk Chair

Located in Faversham, GB

The backrest and arms are upholstered in a rich chestnut coloured supple cow hide with original horse hair padding. The backrest is studded to the front with brass stud detailing alo...

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19th Century British High Victorian Antique Cow

Materials

Leather, Oak

Ancient Egypt Sculpture of the Goddess Isis-Hathor in Diorite
Ancient Egypt Sculpture of the Goddess Isis-Hathor in Diorite

Ancient Egypt Sculpture of the Goddess Isis-Hathor in Diorite

Located in BARCELONA, ES

This goddess is mainly represented as a woman with the ears or head of a cow, lyriform horns and a sun disk. She sometimes identifies with other goddesses such as Sekhmet and Tefnut ...

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15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Antique Cow

Materials

Stone

River Trent Wilford Nr Nottingham Landscape oil canvas painting signed antique
River Trent Wilford Nr Nottingham Landscape oil canvas painting signed antique

River Trent Wilford Nr Nottingham Landscape oil canvas painting signed antique

By Henry Dawson

Located in Hagley, England

Indeed, Autumnal Evening on the Banks of the Trent, Wilford near Nottingham depicts the river to the right and the bank to the left with cows watering in the evening sun with trees f...

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1850s Victorian Antique Cow

Materials

Oil

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape with Pastoral Scene, 1680
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape with Pastoral Scene, 1680

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Landscape with Pastoral Scene, 1680

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

At the centre of the composition we find cows, sheep and goats gathered around a body of water, next to them the shepherd is addressing a washerwoman busy cleaning the clothes.

Category

1680s Italian Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas

Antique Corkscrew, 19th century  English Thomason, Mechanical Barrel Corkscrew
Antique Corkscrew, 19th century  English Thomason, Mechanical Barrel Corkscrew

Antique Corkscrew, 19th century English Thomason, Mechanical Barrel Corkscrew

Located in Bilzen, BE

A Thomason barrel mechanical corkscrew with cow bone handle With coat of arms, patent Middle 19th century aged patina, good condition, see photos, length between 20 and 26.5 cm Perfe...

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Mid-19th Century British Other Antique Cow

Materials

Brass, Iron

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bucolic Landscape Painting, 1680
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bucolic Landscape Painting, 1680

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Bucolic Landscape Painting, 1680

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

In the center of the painting we find a young washerwoman next to some ruins, an ancient fountain from which cows and sheep drink. On the right appears a man riding a splendid donkey...

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1680s Italian Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1881
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1881

19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1881

Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont

Oil on canvas, first canvas, painting depicting a countryside landscape with a shepherd and cows, beautifully painted. Spectacular carved and gilded wooden frame with a fabulous décor.

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1880s Italian Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas

19th Century French Barbizon Style Pastoral Oil on Canvas Painting
19th Century French Barbizon Style Pastoral Oil on Canvas Painting

19th Century French Barbizon Style Pastoral Oil on Canvas Painting

Located in Dallas, TX

The scene depicts a peaceful countryside setting with a grazing cow beneath mature trees, a reflective pond in the foreground, and a warm-toned farmhouse with chapel spire rising in ...

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Mid-19th Century French Barbizon School Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Pair of Early 19th Century Darte Brothers Porcelain Plates
Pair of Early 19th Century Darte Brothers Porcelain Plates

Pair of Early 19th Century Darte Brothers Porcelain Plates

By Darte Frères

Located in Basildon, GB

Pair of antique Darte Brothers cobalt blue porcelain plates magnificently painted with the French countryside, featuring cows, goats and sheep, decorated with gold rims.

Category

1810s French Empire Antique Cow

Materials

Porcelain

Sterling Silver and Leather Riding Crop
Sterling Silver and Leather Riding Crop

Sterling Silver and Leather Riding Crop

Located in Miami, FL

Offered is a "rebenque", a vintage Gaucho horse and cow herd riding crop made of tooled aged dark brown leather and embellished with a forged silver stem and handle.

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Early 20th Century Argentine Arts and Crafts Antique Cow

Materials

Silver

Un coin de ferme (A Corner of the Farmyard)
Un coin de ferme (A Corner of the Farmyard)

Un coin de ferme (A Corner of the Farmyard)

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

A second state (of 2) impression, after a cow was burnished out and replaced by two children huddled in the shadows near the ladder and barrels on the right.

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Mid-19th Century French School Antique Cow

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

1920's German Bauhaus Ceramic Teapot by Margarete Heymann for Häel Werkstat
1920's German Bauhaus Ceramic Teapot by Margarete Heymann for Häel Werkstat

1920's German Bauhaus Ceramic Teapot by Margarete Heymann for Häel Werkstat

By Margarete Heymann

Located in New York, NY

Just recently, I was able to assist the British Museum in attributing a floor vase decorated with a landscape and cows from the artist's estate, and to definitively identify Mataré a...

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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique Cow

Materials

Ceramic

A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken
A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken

A large silver gelatin photographic print of H.M.Y. Britannia by Beken

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Britannia by Beken, on an easterly course on starboard taking, passing Cowes., Inscribed in white ‘H. M. Y. Britannia, No. 10785, Beken & Sons, Cowes’.

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Early 20th Century English Antique Cow

Materials

Paper

Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure
Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure

Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure

Located in Suffolk, GB

Antique Victorian Staffordshire flatback figure of a milkmaid in period dress leaning on her milk bucket next to a cow beneath a spill jar In nice condition, no chips, cracks or rep...

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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cow

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Italian Manger Animals
Antique Italian Manger Animals

Antique Italian Manger Animals

Located in New York, NY

Italy, late 1600’s Dimensions: Donkey 8” long x 4” wide base x 4 3/4” tall Rooster 5” long x 3 1/2” base 6 1/4” tall Cow 6 3/4” long x 2 1/2” wide x 4 1/2” tall

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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Cow

Materials

Terracotta

"Argus and Mercurios"
"Argus and Mercurios"

"Argus and Mercurios"

By Jan Both

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The scene is inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, capturing the dramatic moment in which Mercury, sent by Jupiter, lulls the watchful Argus to sleep with his flute before delivering the...

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17th Century Realist Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Landscape" watercolor cm. 30 x 22 1910
"Landscape" watercolor cm. 30 x 22 1910

"Landscape" watercolor cm. 30 x 22 1910

By Léopold Survage

Located in Torino, IT

The influence may have been Marc Chagall's, an artist well known for his insertions of floating couples, cows, roosters, and sundry Jewish iconography. By 1922, Survage had begun to ...

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1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Cow

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Antique Sampler, 1815, by Ann Platt Aged 11
Antique Sampler, 1815, by Ann Platt Aged 11

Antique Sampler, 1815, by Ann Platt Aged 11

Located in Chelmsford, Essex

In the field outside, a lady stands holding a flower and a gentleman holding a stick. A dog, cow and goat stand in the foreground. Other motifs include birds, angels, a fruit basket ...

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1810s Antique Cow

Materials

Silk

English Victorian Landscape Oil Painting, Signed, Late 19th Century
English Victorian Landscape Oil Painting, Signed, Late 19th Century

English Victorian Landscape Oil Painting, Signed, Late 19th Century

Located in Queens, NY

English Victorian gilt framed oil painting of landscape with cows, sheep, and figures on path by trees (signed)

Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Cow

Materials

Paint

Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650
Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650

Set of 8 Dutch Golden Age Cattle Etchings, After Paulus Potter, c.1650

Located in Langweer, NL

This pastoral series presents powerful yet restrained studies of oxen and cows in open meadow landscapes, reflecting Potter’s lasting influence on seventeenth-century Dutch animal ar...

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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Cow

Materials

Paper

19th Century Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting by F. Allen
19th Century Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting by F. Allen

19th Century Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting by F. Allen

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The composition features cows drinking from a calm river beside a rustic farmstead, all set under an expansive sky with soft, natural lighting.

Category

19th Century British Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas

Rare Large Modernist Bronze Sculpture Woman with Bull Bernard Reder
Rare Large Modernist Bronze Sculpture Woman with Bull Bernard Reder

Rare Large Modernist Bronze Sculpture Woman with Bull Bernard Reder

By Bernard Reder

Located in Surfside, FL

Cow on a trapeze Signed and dated 1957 marked 2- II (could be from an edition of 2, please see photos) The sculpture is included in the book titled Sculptures and Woodcuts of Reder ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Cow

Materials

Bronze

Antique Handforged Cattle Bell Made in Switzerland ca. 1900s
Antique Handforged Cattle Bell Made in Switzerland ca. 1900s

Antique Handforged Cattle Bell Made in Switzerland ca. 1900s

Located in Berghuelen, DE

Bells like this are still used today to locate cows, goats and sheep on the high pastures. The animals wear them around their necks so that the owners can easily find them in the alp...

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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Cow

Materials

Metal

Folding screen in painted canvas, French work, 1830
Folding screen in painted canvas, French work, 1830

Folding screen in painted canvas, French work, 1830

Located in Paris, FR

Seven-leaf painted canvas screen depicting a lakeside with a few sailboats on the water, a wooded path animated by characters, a horseman watching over a herd of cows drinking, an op...

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1830s French Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas

Across the Frozen River, 1870, Original Watercolor
Across the Frozen River, 1870, Original Watercolor

Across the Frozen River, 1870, Original Watercolor

Located in Stockholm, SE

The composition depicts a rustic moment: a horse-drawn sleigh carrying a cow and hay, accompanied by another sleigh speeding across the frozen river, led by a galloping horse and a s...

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1870s Realist Antique Cow

Materials

Watercolor

Cottage lane
Cottage lane

Cottage lane

By Sarah Sophia Beale

Located in Middletown, NY

Extensive, fresh brushwork with nice primo pensiero and the unfinished forms of a milk maiden with a pail and her cow peering down a rural road into the distance.

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Mid-19th Century English School Antique Cow

Materials

Watercolor

Paresse matinale (Morning Laziness)
Paresse matinale (Morning Laziness)

Paresse matinale (Morning Laziness)

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As if to say, this too is real—as real as a cow in a field. Like Bonheur, Breslau was awarded the French Legion of Honor—the first foreign woman to earn it.

Category

1910s French School Antique Cow

Materials

Lithograph

A pair of Edo period ‘Scheveningen’ design Arita export dishes
A pair of Edo period ‘Scheveningen’ design Arita export dishes

A pair of Edo period ‘Scheveningen’ design Arita export dishes

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Each of these decagonal saucer-dishes is painted in underglaze-blue with a landscape of two Dutchmen and a boy warmly wrapped up and wearing large hats, two appear to be skating and ...

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Early 1700s Japanese Edo Antique Cow

Materials

Ceramic

The HMS Barfleur Heeling in the Breeze.
The HMS Barfleur Heeling in the Breeze.

The HMS Barfleur Heeling in the Breeze.

By Peter Monamy

Located in London, GB

Original hand carved gilt frame PROVENANCE The Royal Yacht Squadron collection, Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight William Redford, London.

Category

1720s Old Masters Antique Cow

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Oil on Copper Painting of an Alpine Village Scene
Antique Oil on Copper Painting of an Alpine Village Scene

Antique Oil on Copper Painting of an Alpine Village Scene

Located in Dallas, TX

Four women can be seen washing clothes, while a man with a dog takes a quick drink. Nine cows can be seen surrounding the fountains, meandering around the earth-colored buildings in ...

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19th Century Antique Cow

Materials

Metal, Copper

19th C. French Pastoral Oil Painting “Shepherd and Flock” by Charles H. Clair
19th C. French Pastoral Oil Painting “Shepherd and Flock” by Charles H. Clair

19th C. French Pastoral Oil Painting “Shepherd and Flock” by Charles H. Clair

Located in Dallas, TX

Clair (1860–1930) was a French painter and engraver celebrated for his pastoral scenes of sheep, cows, and rural life. He regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, beco...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Cow

Materials

Giltwood, Paint

Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period

Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period

Located in Bilzen, BE

"Antique Tobacco Scale With Horn Trays – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period" Antique French Tobacco Scale with cow Horn Pans – 19th Century, Napoleon III Period Rare and highly decor...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cow

Materials

Marble, Brass, Iron

Two goudou antelopes
Two goudou antelopes

Two goudou antelopes

By Rembrandt Bugatti

Located in PARIS, FR

In 1901, he created his first work during a stay in the mountains: "Ritorno dal pascolo" (four cows one behind the other guided by a young farmer).

Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Cow

Materials

Bronze

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