Lot Details
Lot 453
Art Deco Gilt-Bronze and Ivory Figure Titled Dance of Carthage
Cast and carved from a model by Claire-Jeanne Roberte Colinet, numbered 19
In a forward leaning stance with a snake wrapped around her arm, on a portor marble base. Height 12 1/4 inches, width 13 7/8 inches.
See Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, p. 115, for an illustration of this model
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Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500
Sold for $23,750 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
There is a small area of loss to the ivory along a portion of the snake, on the reverse side, above the figure's left shoulder area; there is glue residue around the arm band area above the left shoulder area; there is splitting to the various ivory elements, including, both legs, stomach area, the figures back and both arms; appropriate to age; extensive wear to gilding on the skirt, small nicks and chips to the rim edges and corners on the marble base; small are of infilling to the top right side of the base, the underside is inset with a small bronze medallion marked "L.M. PARIS J.L"
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