CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, CIRCA 1870

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A French patinated-bronze figure entitled 'Cheval Turc'
Cast from the model by Antoine-Louis Barye, Circa 1870
The horse standing on a rectangular naturalistic base inscribed Barye to the right, on a stepped spreading plinth, the reverse with gold and green label inscribed MEDAILLE D'OR 1867 TAHAN / Fourn. de l'Empereur - Paris
11 in. (29 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

This model is illustrated in Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, A Catalogue Raisonné, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 221, Numbered A149.

The number of the work as it appeared in Barye's own last catalogue is B97.

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