Lot Essay
These are modelled after a pair of figures cast by the French Val d'Osne foundry. See Christie's, New York, Nineteeth Century Furniture, Sculpture and Ceramics, May 31 2000, lot 138.
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A PAIR OF CAST-IRON FIGURAL TORCHERES
LATE 20TH CENTURY
One an Egyptian woman, the other a Nubian, each supporting a torch with frosted glass flambeau shade, on circular base
54¼in. (138 cm.) high (2)
LATE 20TH CENTURY
One an Egyptian woman, the other a Nubian, each supporting a torch with frosted glass flambeau shade, on circular base
54¼in. (138 cm.) high (2)
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