Lot Essay
The present model is an example of Carpeaux's study of 1868 for the figure of Asia, part of the Quatre Parties du Monde monument commissioned by the city of Paris for the Observatory fountain.
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CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX, CIRCA 1875
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A French bronze bust of 'Le Chinois'
Cast after the model by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Circa 1875
The young man with dark hair and long plaited pig-tail, wearing traditional costume and looking to his right, inscribed to the left shoulder J. B. Carpeaux and stamped to the right PROPRIETE/CARPEAUX, on a square spreading socle
13½ in. (34 cm.) high
Cast after the model by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Circa 1875
The young man with dark hair and long plaited pig-tail, wearing traditional costume and looking to his right, inscribed to the left shoulder J. B. Carpeaux and stamped to the right PROPRIETE/CARPEAUX, on a square spreading socle
13½ in. (34 cm.) high
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