Lot Essay
C.f. Catley, p.255
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'Snake Charmer'
an enamelled silvered and gilt bronze figure, cast from a model by Professor Poertzel, of a young woman in a silver costume textured with chevrons and decorated with black stripes, poised on one leg with body arched and arms aloft, the figure set within a circle composed of two entwined snakes, on ribbed cylindrical green onyx base, base with engraved signature -- 27.5cm. high
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an enamelled silvered and gilt bronze figure, cast from a model by Professor Poertzel, of a young woman in a silver costume textured with chevrons and decorated with black stripes, poised on one leg with body arched and arms aloft, the figure set within a circle composed of two entwined snakes, on ribbed cylindrical green onyx base, base with engraved signature -- 27.5cm. high
See illustration