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A GREEN PATINED BRONZE OF A LION, probably cast after a model by Thoman-François Cartier, the roaring cat with two javelins in his back crouching on a rectangular naturalistic base stamped METAAL GIETERIJ AMSTERDAM HOLLAND, early 20th Century (one javelin off)
31 cm high x 46 cm wide
probably cast after a model by Ch. Valton
Literature: cf. Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs, Les édition de l'amateurs, 1989, p. 635-636 for example illustrated
31 cm high x 46 cm wide
probably cast after a model by Ch. Valton
Literature: cf. Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs, Les édition de l'amateurs, 1989, p. 635-636 for example illustrated