CAST BY VAL D'OSNE FROM A MODEL BY MATHURIN MOREAU, PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The present lot was originally conceived with a female pendant figure, entitled Lecture. Both Moreau models are illustrated in the Val D'Osne foundry catalogue and a pair of figures cast by the foundry sold Sotheby's, London, 13 November 2007, lot 146 (£18,500).