Lot no. 232
Scythe of the Ankou, probably the work of Armand le Trionnaire known as "The Patient of Saint-Avé".
Wooden, entirely carved and openwork
Handle decorated with twisted vine branches around which a snake is coiled. The handle depicts a Breton man playing the biniou and a Breton woman at prayer. The blade is entirely openwork, with a hand holding a key on the opposite side, a symbolic decoration.
20th century
L. 131 cm
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Folk Art
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