Lot 473
473
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARAB CHECKING HIS WEAPONS
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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARAB CHECKING HIS WEAPONS

AFTER EMILE EDMOND PEYNOT (1850-1932), CIRCA 1885

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A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARAB CHECKING HIS WEAPONS
AFTER EMILE EDMOND PEYNOT (1850-1932), CIRCA 1885
Modelled seated, cleaning his musket, a dish with two knives on his lap, the circular base inscribed 'Peynot' and with a further Arabic inscription to the front
26½ in. (67 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

Peynot studied under Jouffroy and Robinet and exhibited at the Salon from 1873 onwards, winning the Prix de Rome in 1880, numerous medals between 1883 and 1886, as well as gold medals at the Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900. He became a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1891 and an Officier in 1903. He sculpted many monuments and statues all over France.

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