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GERMAN/AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF AN INDIAN WARRIOR
GERMAN/AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
THE SOLDIER LEANING OVER THE RIGHT LOOKING AT THE BASE WHERE A SHIELD, BROKEN SPEAR AND HUMAN SKULL ARE VISIBLE, ON A SEPERATELY CAST RECTANGULAR NATURALISTIC BASE SIGNED ERICH HößER AND STAMPED WITH FOUNDRY MONOGRAM
44CM. HIGH X 49CM. WIDE
GERMAN/AUSTRIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
THE SOLDIER LEANING OVER THE RIGHT LOOKING AT THE BASE WHERE A SHIELD, BROKEN SPEAR AND HUMAN SKULL ARE VISIBLE, ON A SEPERATELY CAST RECTANGULAR NATURALISTIC BASE SIGNED ERICH HößER AND STAMPED WITH FOUNDRY MONOGRAM
44CM. HIGH X 49CM. WIDE
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PLEASE NOTE THIS BRONZE GROUP IS CAST FROM A MODEL BY OSKAR ERICH HOESEL (1869-??).
HOESEL, BORN IN ANNABERG GERMANY, STUDIED UNDER SCHILLING ABD W. DIEZ AT THE DRESDEN ACADEMY AND BECAME PROFESSOR THERE IN 1898. HE WAS AWARDED GOLD MEDALS IN BERLIN IN 1896 AND PARIS IN 1900. HE SPECIALISED IN EQUESTRIAN STATUETTES.
HOESEL, BORN IN ANNABERG GERMANY, STUDIED UNDER SCHILLING ABD W. DIEZ AT THE DRESDEN ACADEMY AND BECAME PROFESSOR THERE IN 1898. HE WAS AWARDED GOLD MEDALS IN BERLIN IN 1896 AND PARIS IN 1900. HE SPECIALISED IN EQUESTRIAN STATUETTES.