A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT CAST-IRON TORCHERE FIGURE AND PEDESTAL, of an Egyptian boy wearing a Nemes and band, a sash about his shoulder and kilt to his waist, on a circular foot; the circular tapering pedestal cast with foliage, on stepped circular base,second half 19th Century

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A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT CAST-IRON TORCHERE FIGURE AND PEDESTAL, of an Egyptian boy wearing a Nemes and band, a sash about his shoulder and kilt to his waist, on a circular foot; the circular tapering pedestal cast with foliage, on stepped circular base,second half 19th Century
85¾in. (218cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This Egyptian torchere figure and pedestal can be associated with the French iron founders A. Durenne, Sommevoire. A similar pair were offered at Sotheby's, London, 2 November 1990, lot 140.

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