A 19th century French equestrian bronze group of the crowned Clovis and attendant fending off attacking lions, the naturalistic base with raised foliage and broken lances, unsigned but probably by Gechter -- 14½in. (37cms.) high, overall.

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A 19th century French equestrian bronze group of the crowned Clovis and attendant fending off attacking lions, the naturalistic base with raised foliage and broken lances, unsigned but probably by Gechter -- 14½in. (37cms.) high, overall.

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Clovis, 465-511 A.D., was the founder of the Merovingian line of Frankish kings. He defeated the Burgundians and West Goths and fixed his Court in Paris.

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