'Aphrodite', a bronze and ivory figure, carved and cast from a model by Ferdinand Preiss, the partially nude figure standing with her hands behind her head, a gilded robe draped accross her shoulder fastened by a belt decorated with a turquoise cabochon, mounted on a circular onyx base, signed in the bronze F. Preiss

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'Aphrodite', a bronze and ivory figure, carved and cast from a model by Ferdinand Preiss, the partially nude figure standing with her hands behind her head, a gilded robe draped accross her shoulder fastened by a belt decorated with a turquoise cabochon, mounted on a circular onyx base, signed in the bronze F. Preiss
22.3cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge 1978,
p. 258

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