A PARCEL-GILT AND COLD-PAINTED IVORY FIGURE OF HEBE

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A PARCEL-GILT AND COLD-PAINTED IVORY FIGURE OF HEBE
CARVED FROM A MODEL BY AGATHON LEONARD, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
----- 13¼in. (33.7cm.) high, including white marble base signed 'A. Leonard'

Lot Essay

cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p. 202 for another example. This model was also edited in bronze with Hebe balancing on the back of an eagle.