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CIRCA 1900
Details
'PROSERPINA', A FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943) GILT AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE
CIRCA 1900
Modelled, cast and carved as the Roman goddess leaning on a rock, on marble base, apparently unmarked
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
CIRCA 1900
Modelled, cast and carved as the Roman goddess leaning on a rock, on marble base, apparently unmarked
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Literature
A. Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor: The Fire and the flame, Woodbridge, 2005 (a similar model illustrated p.107)
Special notice
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