A Third Republic bronze tazza, the shallow dish centred with a medallion depicting the cuirassed bust of a female warrior and the legend PATRIA, signed F. Rasumny, with foliate scroll handles, on a ring turned stem and foliate chased foot -- 12½in. (32cm.) wide.
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A Third Republic bronze tazza, the shallow dish centred with a medallion depicting the cuirassed bust of a female warrior and the legend PATRIA, signed F. Rasumny, with foliate scroll handles, on a ring turned stem and foliate chased foot -- 12½in. (32cm.) wide.
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Felix Rasumny, who was born in Sebastopol, Russia in 1869, emigrated to France and later became a naturalised citizen of that country.