Lot Essay
An identical marble group signed Dasson was sold M. Vincent Wapler, Drouot, Paris, 3-4 July 1996, lot 373. See lot 303 for a note on Henry Dasson.
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BY HENRY DASSON, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Details
A French marble figure of a putto, on ormolu-mounted griotte marble plinth
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Circa 1880
At water's edge, capturing a duck and tying it to a tree-stump, the naturalistic base inscribed to the back henry Dasson, on oval ormolu-mounted griotte marble plinth, with rope-twist edge and inset with a geometric foliate frieze, on laurel-garlanded feet
Overall: 23½in. (59.7cm.) high
By Henry Dasson, Paris, Circa 1880
At water's edge, capturing a duck and tying it to a tree-stump, the naturalistic base inscribed to the back henry Dasson, on oval ormolu-mounted griotte marble plinth, with rope-twist edge and inset with a geometric foliate frieze, on laurel-garlanded feet
Overall: 23½in. (59.7cm.) high