Lot Essay
See anon. sale, Christie's, Paris, 11-12 April 2006, lot 731 for another example of this model.
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LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK PRINTED SCRIPT MARK, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, FROM A MODEL BY PAUL COMOLERA
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A FRENCH (CHOISY-LE-ROI) MAJOLICA MODEL OF A HEN AND CHICK
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK PRINTED SCRIPT MARK, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, FROM A MODEL BY PAUL COMOLERA
The strutting fowl with cocked head observing a displaying chick at her feet, before a vase modelled as fern, the mound base inscribed P. COMOLÉRA
24½ in. (62.2 cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLACK PRINTED SCRIPT MARK, VARIOUS IMPRESSED NUMERALS AND CYPHERS, FROM A MODEL BY PAUL COMOLERA
The strutting fowl with cocked head observing a displaying chick at her feet, before a vase modelled as fern, the mound base inscribed P. COMOLÉRA
24½ in. (62.2 cm.) high