Dromadaire monté par un arabe (Arab riding a dromedary)
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ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Dromadaire monté par un arabe (Arab riding a dromedary)
signed BARYE, the underside of the left stirrup stamped D, on a later veined white marble plinth
bronze, green/red-brown patina with touches of verdigris
The bronze: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.) high, to top of lance
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. F19, p. 89
Lot Essay
See note to previous lot. The faint D impressed to the underside of the rider's stirrup may be the remains of a Delafontaine AD and asterisk foundry stamp.
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