A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE-PATINATED WHITE METAL BUSTS OF AN ORIENTAL MAN AND WOMAN she looking down to her left, wearing a striped headdress and drapery, with ornate jewellery in her hair, neck and chest, he moustachioed, looking to his right, wearing a jewelled headdress and cloak with fur trim and with cord and elaborate toggles attached, each on a square chamfered base cast with Eastern foliate designs, with four block feet (she lacking earrings), last quarter 19th Century

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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE-PATINATED WHITE METAL BUSTS OF AN ORIENTAL MAN AND WOMAN she looking down to her left, wearing a striped headdress and drapery, with ornate jewellery in her hair, neck and chest, he moustachioed, looking to his right, wearing a jewelled headdress and cloak with fur trim and with cord and elaborate toggles attached, each on a square chamfered base cast with Eastern foliate designs, with four block feet (she lacking earrings), last quarter 19th Century

each figure: 29in. (73.6cm.) high; 7¾in. (19.6cm.) square at base (2)

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