Lot Essay
cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p. 195 for a bronze and ivory example. This model was also marketed with an elaborate puppet stage as the background. cf. V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture: Chryselephantine Statuettes of The Twenties and Thirties, London, 1975, p. 39, illus. for an example with the stage.